Arturo Pérez Torres is a

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-born

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film director and screenwriter."The Drawer Boy, premier long métrage de fiction pour Arturo Pérez Torres"

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, November 22, 2018. He is most noted for his 2017 film ''

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'', for which he received a

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nomination for

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at the

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in 2019. Born and raised in

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,"Super Amigos"
''

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'', February 1, 2007. he studied film at

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and sociology at the

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, and worked in advertising as an art director until moving to Canada in 2003. He became a Canadian citizen in 2007, and won a

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in 2009. He directed several documentary films before releasing ''The Drawer Boy'', his first narrative feature film, in 2017. He is married to

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, his codirector of both ''The Drawer Boy'' and ''

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''.

Filmography

*'' Wetback: The Undocumented Documentary'' - 2005 *''Super Amigos'' - 2007 *''City Idol'' - 2007"Celebrating City Idol"
''

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'', April 25, 2007. *''Las águilas humanas'' - 2010 *''Proyecto Nº 945'' - 2013 *''

'' - 2017, with Aviva Armour-Ostroff *''

'' - 2021, with Aviva Armour-Ostroff

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