Jorge Olguín (director)
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Jorge Olguín is a
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an director who works mainly in fantasy and horror.


Career

His first film, ''
Ángel Negro ''Ángel Negro'' ("Dark Angel") is a 2000 Chilean slasher film written and directed by Jorge Olguín. ''Ángel Negro'' is the first Chilean horror film. After a mysterious accident, a group of friends is hunted down by a masked killer. Plot T ...
'', was a student film. Olguín filmed it while he studied cinema in the University with a budget of $25,000. This film was commercially released in 2000 and attracted attention in Chile by its unusual advertising campaign. The film, a mixture of slasher and
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, was selected for Montreal's
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, Portugal's
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, and Catalonia's
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, among others. ''Angel Negro'' was released on
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in the
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by
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. In 2002, Olguín released ''Sangre Eterna'', a vampire film with a psychological plot that involves the world of
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and role playing games. ''
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'' wrote that ''Sangre Eterna'' became a
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and one of the highest grossing Latin American horror films. Later, it received the Prize for the Best Special Effects in the
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, Prize for the Best Actor and Best FX Make-Up at
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. Soon it film was released on DVD in the USA by
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under the title '' Eternal Blood''. This film drew the attention of director
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. In 2008, while Olguín waited for his next film to come together, he shot ''Solos'' in seven days for $200,000. In 2012, it was released in the United States as ''
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''. '' Caleuche: The Call of the Sea'', his fourth film, was budgeted at $2 million and was picked up by
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. ''
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'', Chile's first 3D feature, cost $500,000.


Filmography

* ''
Ángel Negro ''Ángel Negro'' ("Dark Angel") is a 2000 Chilean slasher film written and directed by Jorge Olguín. ''Ángel Negro'' is the first Chilean horror film. After a mysterious accident, a group of friends is hunted down by a masked killer. Plot T ...
'' (2000) * '' Eternal Blood (Sangre Eterna)'' (2002) * '' Descendents (Solos)'' (2008) * '' Caleuche: The Call of the Sea'' (2012) * ''
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'' (2014) * '' The house'' (2019) * '' Analogues'' (2023)


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