Sebastián Lelio

Sebastián Lelio was born on Mar 08, 1974 in Chile. Sebastián Lelio's big-screen debut came with The Sacred Family directed by Sebastián Lelio in 2005. Sebastián Lelio is known for A Fantastic Woman directed by Sebastián Lelio, Daniela Vega stars as Marina Vidal and Francisco Reyes as Orlando. Sebastián Lelio has got 35 awards and 41 nominations so far. The most recent award Sebastián Lelio achieved is CinEuphoria Awards. The upcoming new movie Sebastián Lelio plays is The Wonder which will be released on Nov 16, 2022.

Born in 1974, Sebastián Lelio is one of the leading figures (along with Pablo Larraín, Andrés Wood and a few others) of the post-dictatorship Chilean cinema. After graduating from the "Escuela de Cine de Chile" in Santiago, Lelio started by making shorts (he made five from 1995 to 2003, as well as a documentary). From 2005 on, he directed four remarkable feature films, the first three very dark, the fourth one somewhat lighter, which all garnered awards in the festival circuit. La Sagrada Familia (2005) is kind of Chilean version of Pier Paolo Pasolini's Théorème (1968). It was followed by Navidad (2009), a drama of uncommon intensity focusing on three teenagers alienated from their families and El Año del Tigre (2011), recounting the escape of an inmate during Chile's 2010 earthquake. Coming after this taught triptych, Gloria (2013) surprises by its peaceful tone. The amorous adventures of Gloria, a sixty-year-old office worker in Santiago, although not without tensions and bitterness, are less upsetting than what Lelio had filmed before. But whether dark or rosy, Lelio's cinema explores the Chilean society of today with the same acuteness.