Tristán Bauer (born 22 June 1959) is an

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and politician. Since 10 December 2019, he has been Argentina's

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in the cabinet of President

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. He breakout film was the 1991 drama ''Después de la tormenta'' ("After the Storm"), which received the New Directors Award at the 1990 San Sebastián Festival and eight

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awards, including best picture and best director. He also received the best director and best picture Silver Condor Awards for his documentary '' Cortázar'' (1994), and best artistic direction and best screenplay adaptation for ''

Iluminados por el fuego ''Blessed by Fire'' ( es, Iluminados por el fuego) is a 2005 Argentine war drama film co-written and directed by Tristán Bauer. The film features Gastón Pauls, Pablo Ribba and Juan Leyrado. The story centers on the Falklands War and it is b ...

'' (2005); the latter of which also received the

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for best foreign film in the Spanish language. From 2008 to 2013, Bauer served as director of the National Media System of Argentina. He was responsible for the foundation of Canal Encuentro, a TV network dependent on Argentina's

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, and is a member of the board of directors of the

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n network teleSUR.

Filmography

Director

#''Tierra Arrasada (2019) #'' El Camino De Santiago'' (2018) #''Che, un hombre nuevo'' (2010) #''

'' (2005) #''Los libros y la noche'' (1999) #''Evita, una tumba sin paz'', mediometraje (1997) #''Cortázar'' (1994) #''El oficio de amar'', mediometraje (1993) #''Después de la tormenta'' (1991) #''Ni tan blancos, ni tan indios'', short film (1984)

Screenwriter

#''Iluminados por el fuego'' (2005) #''Los libros y la noche'' (1999) #''Cortázar'' (1994) #''Después de la tormenta'' (1991)

Filmography

Director

Screenwriter

References

See also