Alejandro Amenábar

Alejandro Amenábar was born on Mar 31, 1972 in Chile. Alejandro Amenábar's big-screen debut came with Thesis directed by Alejandro Amenábar in 1996. Alejandro Amenábar is known for Agora directed by Alejandro Amenábar, Rachel Weisz stars as Hypatia and Max Minghella as Davus. Alejandro Amenábar has got 61 awards and 56 nominations so far. The most recent award Alejandro Amenábar achieved is Málaga Spanish Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Alejandro Amenábar plays is While at War which will be released on Sep 27, 2019.

Is the son of a Spanish mother and a Chilean father. His family moved back to Spain when he was 1 year old, and he grew up and studied in Madrid. He wrote, produced and directed his first short film La cabeza at the age of 19, and he was 23 when he directed his feature debut Tesis (1996). His film Ouvre les yeux (1997) was a huge success in Spain and was distributed worldwide. It was remade in Hollywood by Cameron Crowe as Vanilla Sky (2001), starring Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz (also the star of the original version) and Cameron Diaz. Les autres (2001) is Amenábar's first English language film.