Alexis Dos Santos (born 1974) is an

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film director and producer, screenwriter and editor. He has also shot a number of short and directed music videos. He is considered part of the

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movement. Dos Santos studied in Buenos Aires and Barcelona before relocating to London in 1998, where he attended the National Film and Television School. He started filming short films like ''Meteoritos'', ''Watching Planes'', ''Axolotll'', ''Snapshots'' and ''Sand''. In 2006, he wrote and directed his debut long feature ''

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'' (full title ''Glue - Historia adolescente en medio de la nada'') about young musicians in drug use and sexual exploration. It won a number of prizes including the MovieZone Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in 2007 In 2009, he directed '' Unmade Beds'' that was featured at the

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and at

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2010. The film was partially funded by the

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and was nominated for Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema / Dramatic in Sundance Festival. For the Cinema Reloaded project, in 2011 he directed the short film ''Random Strangers''.

Filmography

Directing and screenwriting

;Feature films *2006: ''

'' *2009: '' Unmade Beds'' *2019: ''

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'' - (Screenwriter) ;Shorts *1997: ''Meteoritos'' *2001: ''Sand'' *2002: ''Axolotl'' *2011: ''Random Strangers''

Editing

*2013: '' Bends''

Producing

*1997: ''Meteoritos'' *2006: ''Glue'' *2013: ''Night''

Acting

*1997: ''Meteoritos'' *2009: ''Unmade Beds'' as Alejo

Music videos

(Selective) *2011:

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- " The First Time"

Awards and nominations

;''Glue'' *2006: Won MovieZone Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR) *2006: Won Best Local Film at Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema *2006: Won Young Audience Award at Nantes Three Continents Festival *2006: Nominated for Golden Montgolfiere at the Nantes Three Continents Festival *2007: Won Best First Feature - World Cinema at the San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival ;''Unmade Beds'' *2009: Nominated for Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema / Dramatic during

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*2009: Won Crystal Arrow at Les Arcs European Film Festival *2009: Won Quebec Film Critics Award / Special Mention at Montréal Festival of New Cinema

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dos Santos, Alexis Argentine film directors Argentine film producers Argentine screenwriters Male screenwriters Argentine male writers 1974 births Living people