Marcos Mereles is an

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and

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, best known for his feature film debut ''All Is Vanity''.

Career

Mereles’ early short films have been screened in festivals like Nashville Film Festival, Cleveland Film Festival,

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, among others. He was nominated for a Méliès d'Argent at the 33rd

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for his short film ''De Dode Spreekt''. His feature debut, ''

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,'' premiered at the 65th

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. The film was theatrically released in the United Kingdom in 2022.

Personal life

He currently resides in London, England.

Influences

Mereles participated in the 2022 ''Sight & Sound'' Directors' Poll. Held every ten years to select the greatest films of all time, contemporary directors were asked to select ten films of their choice, his selections were: '' 8½'' (1963), ''2001: A Space Odysse''y (1968), '' Pulp Fiction'' (1994), ''GoodFellas'' (1990), ''

Amarcord ''Amarcord'' () is a 1973 comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini, a semi-autobiographical tale about Titta, an adolescent boy growing up among an eccentric cast of characters in the village of Borgo San Giuliano (situated near the ancien ...

'' (1973), '' Last Year at Marienbad'' (1961), ''

Barry Lyndon ''Barry Lyndon'' is a 1975 period drama film written, directed, and produced by Stanley Kubrick, based on the 1844 novel ''The Luck of Barry Lyndon'' by William Makepeace Thackeray. Starring Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Leonard ...

'' (1975), '' Eraserhead'' (1977), ''

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'' (1941) and '' There Will Be Blood'' (2007).

Filmography

As writer, producer and director

*2021 ''

'' (feature film) *2019 ''Nevezuchiy'' (short film) *2017 ''De Dode Spreekt'' (short film) *2017 ''Florinda e Floriana'' (short film) *2016 ''Nochebuena'' (short film)

Awards and nominations

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mereles, Marcos Argentine film directors Argentine film producers Argentine screenwriters Argentine male writers Film directors from London Argentine expatriates in the United Kingdom South American film directors English-language film directors Year of birth missing (living people) Living people