Juan José Campanella (born 19 July 1959) is an Argentine television and film director, writer and producer. He achieved worldwide attention with the release of ''

The Secret in Their Eyes ''The Secret in Their Eyes'' () is a 2009 crime drama film produced, edited, and directed by Juan José Campanella from a screenplay by Campanella and Eduardo Sacheri, and based on Sacheri's 2005 novel ''La pregunta de sus ojos''. It stars R ...

'' (2009), for which he was awarded the

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Early life

Campanella was born in

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, Argentina. He started studying engineering, but dropped out in 1980 after four years at university. He would later remark that the decisive factor for this decision was watching '' All That Jazz'' on the very day he was going to apply for a fifth year. His debut as director was in 1979, with the short ''

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''. Campanella traveled to the United States and entered the

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. Four years later, in 1984, his second film, '' Victoria 392'', which marked the first of five collaborations with actor friend Eduardo Blanco, as well as his first collaboration with screenwriter Fernando Castets, with whom he co-directed and co-wrote the film.

Career

After graduating from

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film school, Campanella went on to direct two American films: ''

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'' in 1991 and ''

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'' in 1997. In 1999, Campanella reunited once more with Castets to write ''

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'', which starred actor friend

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(who had met Campanella 15 years before, abroad) and Eduardo Blanco. The formula would be repeated with two other films, in ''

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'', 2001 (nominated for Oscar for best foreign language film in 2002) and in '' Luna de Avellaneda'', 2004, all of which teamed Campanella and Castests as screenwriters, and Darín and Blanco as leading and supporting actor, respectively. Darín reprised the role of Campanella's leading man in the mystery film ''

'' (2009), Campanella's fourth feature-length film. It won the

in 2010. Campanella has directed episodes of American TV series such as ''

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'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', ''

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'', '' Halt and Catch Fire'' and ''Colony''. Campanella has worked 5 times with Blanco, 4 times with

and 2 times with

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. Campanella has also directed a number of Argentine actors, including

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and

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Personal life

Campanella holds a Master in Fine Arts from New York University and is studying towards a Masters in Political Science from Universidad Torcuato di Tella. He has held Spanish citizenship since 2006.

Filmography

Film

Producer only

Television

Plays

* ''Parque Lezama'' (2014) * ''¿Que hacemos con Walter?'' (2018) Teatro Crítica: "¿Qué hacemos con Walter?"
1-27-2018, '' Clarín''

Awards and nominations

Wins

* 1995

Daytime Emmy Award The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NA ...

for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for '' Lifestories: Families in Crisis: A Child Betrayed: The Calvin Mire Story'' * 1997

for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for '' Lifestories: Families in Crisis: Someone Had to be Benny'' * 1999

Silver Condor Award for Best Film The Silver Condor Award for Best Film (), given by the Argentine Film Critics Association, awards the best film in Argentina each year: There were no ceremonies held (or awards given) in 1958, from 1974 until 1980, and in 1983. References

...

for ''

Same Love, Same Rain ''Same Love, Same Rain'' () is a 1999 Argentine-American romantic comedy film directed by Juan José Campanella and written by Campanella and Fernando Castets. It stars Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Ulises Dumont and Eduardo Blanco.. Plo ...

'' * 1999

Silver Condor Award for Best Director The Silver Condor Award for Best Director (), given by the Argentine Film Critics Association The Argentine Film Critics Association () is an organization of Argentine-based journalism, journalists and correspondents. The association presents th ...

for ''

'' * 1999 Silver Condor Award for Best Original Screenplay for ''

'' * 2001

...

for ''

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'' * 2001

for ''

'' * 2001 Silver Condor Award for Best Original Screenplay for ''

'' * 2009

...

for ''

'' * 2009

for ''

'' * 2009

Silver Condor Award for Best Adapted Screenplay The Silver Condor Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (), given by the Argentine Film Critics Association The Argentine Film Critics Association () is an organization of Argentine-based journalism, journalists and correspondents. The association p ...

for ''

'' * 2009 Ariel Award for Best Best Ibero-American Film for ''

'' * 2009

Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film The Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film (), formerly the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film (, 1987–2008) and the Goya Award for Best Hispanic American Film (, 2009–2010), is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national ...

for ''

'' * 2009

for ''

'' * 2013

Goya Award for Best Animated Film The Goya Award for Best Animated Film (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor película animada'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. The category was first presented at the 4th Goya Awards, fourth edit ...

for ''

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Nominations

* 1993

for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for '' Lifestories: Families in Crisis: Public Law 106: The Becky Bell Story'' * 1994

for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for '' Lifestories: Families in Crisis: Dead Drunk: The Kevin Tunell Story'' * 1996

for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for ''

CBS Schoolbreak Special ''CBS Schoolbreak Special'' is an American anthology series for teenagers that aired on CBS from December 1978 to January 1996. The series began under the title ''CBS Afternoon Playhouse'', and was changed during the 1984–85 season A season ...

: Stand Up'' * 2001

for ''

'' * 2009

Goya Award for Best Film The Goya Award for Best Picture () is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. The category was first awarded in 1986 to Fernando Fernán Gómez's drama film ''El viaje a ninguna parte, Voyage to Nowhere''. Several films t ...

for ''

'' * 2009

Goya Award for Best Director The Goya Award for Best Director (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor dirección'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. The category has been presented ever since the 1st Goya Awards, first edition of ...

for ''

'' * 2009

Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay The Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (Spanish ''Premio Goya al mejor guión adaptado'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. For the first two editions of the Goya Awards, only one award for screenplays was pre ...

for ''

'' * 2010

César Award for Best Foreign Film The Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, sponsored by France and Canada, presents an annual César Award for Best Foreign Film (). This is the list of winners and nominees of the award since the 1970s. Winners and nominees 1970s 1980s ...

for ''

'' * 2010

European Film Award for Best Film European Film Award for Best Film is one of the annual European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy to recognize the best in European filmmaking. It was first awarded in 1988 with Polish film ''A Short Film About Killing'', directe ...

for ''

'' * 2011 David di Donatello for Best European Film for ''

'' * 2011

BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language The BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language is a film award given annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and presented at the British Academy Film Awards. The award was first given at the 36th British Academy F ...

for ''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Campanella, Juan J. 1959 births Argentine people of Italian descent Living people Argentine screenwriters Argentine male screenwriters Argentine film directors Directors of Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award winners Tisch School of the Arts alumni Torcuato di Tella University alumni Writers from Buenos Aires