Pablo Stoll (born 1974) is a

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an film director and screenwriter. He attended the Catholic University of Uruguay where he studied

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, it was here that he started to direct short films and his collaboration with fellow student Juan Pablo Rebella first began. After graduating in 1999 he and Rebella started work on their first feature film, '' 25 Watts'' (2001), it went on to win several international awards: Best Feature Film Award at the

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, Best 1st Feature Film Award at La Habana Film Festival, FIPRESCI Award and Best Male Actor Award at the Independent Film Festival Buenos Aires. In 2004 Stoll and Rebella released their second feature film ''

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''. It was a surprise hit at the

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opening to much acclaim, winning the Regard Original Award. ''Whisky'' also won the Sundance/

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International Filmmakers Award for Latin-America. Stoll's first film following Rebella's suicide, ''Hiroshima'' (2009), is "a silent musical" in which all verbal communication was reduced to brief

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s. In-between his film projects Stoll works as a freelance director for advertising and TV. His film '' 3'' was selected to be screened in the

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section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

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* . 1974 births Living people People from Montevideo Catholic University of Uruguay alumni Uruguayan film directors {{screen-writer-stub