Damián Szifron (Argentine ; born 9 July 1975) is an Argentine film and television director and screenwriter, best known as the creator of the

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'' Los simuladores'' (2002), the most successful TV series in the history of Argentina, and writer-director of '' Wild Tales'' (2014), the most successful film in the history of Argentina. On 18 March 2022, Paramount announced a film based on ''Los simuladores'', directed by Szifron, programmed for 2024.

Biography

Born to a

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January 21, 2015 Szifron studied cinema with the film theory writer

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. Szifron was the writer and director of ''Hermanos y detectives'' ("Brothers and Detectives"), the follow-up series to the hugely popular ''Los simuladores'' ("The Pretenders"). His 2014 film '' Wild Tales'' was selected to compete for the

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in the main competition section at the

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, nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the

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and winner of both the

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and

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awards for Best Foreign Language Film.

Filmography

Film

Short films

Television

References

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* * 1975 births Argentine people of German-Jewish descent Argentine television directors Argentine film directors Argentine screenwriters Argentine male screenwriters Jewish film people Jewish Argentine writers Living people People from Ramos Mejía Filmmakers who won the Best Foreign Language Film BAFTA Award {{Argentina-film-director-stub