Alejandro Amenábar
☼ Né le31 janvier 1972, à Santiago de Chile, Chile
Biographie:
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.
Dans le rôle de réalisateur
Cervantès avant Don Quichotte (11/10/2025)
Le souffle du mythe avant la légende Avant d’être le génie du Don Quichotte, Miguel de Cervantès fut un homme brisé, prisonnier, et pourtant libre. Alejandro Amenábar, maître du cinéma espagnol (Les Autres, Mar Adentro, Agora), revisite ici un épisode peu connu : la captivité de Cervantès à Alger, où il fut retenu plusieurs années […]