Rodrigo Plá (born 9 June 1968 in

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) is a Uruguayan screenwriter and director. He is best known for his 2007 film '' La Zona'' (The Zone). Plá studied photography, screenwriting and direction at the Centro de capacitación cinematográfica in

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, where he has lived since he was 9 years old. In 1988 he directed his first

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. His 2012 film ''

The Delay ''The Delay'' ( es, La demora) is a 2012 Uruguayan drama film directed by Rodrigo Plá. The film was selected as the Uruguayan entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but ...

'' was selected as the Uruguayan entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the

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, but it did not make the final shortlist. Rodrigo is married to writer Laura Santullo, who has written all the screenplays for all four of his full-length feature films, including his latest, ''

Un Monstruo de Mil Cabezas ''A Monster with a Thousand Heads'' ( es, Un Monstruo de Mil Cabezas) is a 2015 Mexican Thriller (genre), thriller film, directed and produced by Rodrigo Plá and written by Laura Santullo. The film stars Jana Raluy, as a wife desperate to beat the ...

'' ("A Monster With a Thousand Heads"), which was based on her novel by the same name."Rodrigo Pla, Laura Santullo on Collaboration and ‘A Monster’"
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Filmography

*''Novia Mía'', 1996 *''El ojo en la nuca'', 2001 *'' La Zona'', 2007 *'' Desierto adentro'', 2008 *''Revolución'', 2010 *''

'', 2012 *''

'', 2015

References

External links

On Rodrigo Plá
at

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1968 births Ariel Award winners Best Director Ariel Award winners Living people Uruguayan film directors Spanish-language film directors People from Montevideo Uruguayan people of Catalan descent Uruguayan emigrants to Mexico {{Mexico-film-director-stub