Guillermo Amoedo Schultze (born 2 March 1983 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan director and screenwriter, working in Santiago, Chile since 2007. Amoedo is the cowriter, with Nicolás López, of the films ''Que Pena Tu Vida'' (2010), ''Que Pena Tu Boda'' (2011), ''Que Pena Tu Familia'' (2012), ''Mis Peores Amigos'' (2013) and, with

Eli Roth Eli Raphael Roth (born April 18, 1972) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. As a director and producer, he is most closely associated with the horror genre, having directed the films '' Cabin Fever'' (2003) and ''Hoste ...

, of the films '' Aftershock'' (2012), '' The Green Inferno'' (2013) and '' Knock Knock'' (2015). He has also written and directed the TV films ''El Crack'' (2011), ''La Leyenda de El Crack'' (2015) and the feature films ''Retorno'' (2010) and '' The Stranger'' (2014). Amoedo received a Bachelor of Communication at the

University of Montevideo The Universidad de Montevideo (in English: ''University of Montevideo'') is a private (catholic, Opus Dei) university located in Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Ur ...

and later graduated as a Master in Screenwriting at the Universidad de los Andes, where he now teaches practice writing classes.

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Feature films

Short films

Television

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Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival The Sitges Film Festival ( ca, Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya, links=no) is an annual film festival held in Sitges, Spain, specialized in fantasy and horror films, of which it is considered one of the world's foremost in ...

:Won, Blood Window Award to the Best Iberoamerican Film, "The Stranger" (2014) :Nominated, Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver, Official Fantàstic Panorama Selection, "Mis peores amigos: Promedio rojo el regreso" (2013)

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* 1983 births People from Montevideo Uruguayan expatriates in Chile Uruguayan screenwriters Uruguayan film directors Living people University of Montevideo alumni {{Uruguay-film-director-stub