Patricio Guzmán
Patricio Guzmán Lozanes (August 11, 1941 – September 15, 2026) was a Chilean documentary and feature film director, and screenwriter. He is most known for his film trilogy The Battle of Chile (1975–1979) and more recently for another trilogy; Nostalgia for the Light (2010), The Pearl Button (2015) and The Cordillera of Dreams (2019).
Guzmán also taught documentary film classes in Europe and Latin America, and was the founder and director of the International Documentary Festival of Santiago (FIDOCS). He lived in France. His 1983 film The Compass Rose was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. His 2015 film The Pearl Button screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. He received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay for his 2010 film Nostalgia for the Light. Guzmán died from cardiorespiratory arrest on September 15, 2026, at a hospital in Paris. He was 85.
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Movies (37)
O Grande Irmão: O Dia que Durou 21 Anos 2
2022 · Self
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
2022 · Self
My Imaginary Country
2022 · Self, Director, Writer
Nas Asas da Pan Am
2020 · Himself
The Cordillera of Dreams
2019 · Director, Screenplay
Santiago, Italia
2018 · Self - Filmmaker
The Pearl Button
2015 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Editor, Additional Photography
Luc Moullet (et Patricio Guzmán) à Manosque III
2012
Nostalgia for the Light
2010 · Writer, Director, Editor
Chile, a Galaxy of Problems
2010 · Director
Astronomers From My Neighborhood
2010 · Director, Writer, Editor
José Maza, Sky Traveller
2010 · Director, Editor, Screenplay
María Teresa and the Brown Dwarf
2010 · Director
Oscar Saa, Technician of the Stars
2010 · Director
Capturing Reality
2008 · Self
My Jules Verne
2005 · Director
Salvador Allende
2004 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Madrid
2002 · Director, Writer, Sound, Director of Photography
The Pinochet Case
2001 · Director
Invocación
2000 · Co-Director
Los Jaivas en Sacsayhuamán
2000 · Editor
Robinson Crusoe Island
1999 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Sound
Chile: Obstinate Memory
1997 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director
Barriers of Solitude
1995 · Writer, Director
Pueblo en vilo
1995 · Director, Screenplay
The Southern Cross
1992 · Director
Moon Over Parador
1988 · Family Member
En nombre de Dios
1987 · Director
The Compass Rose
1983 · Director
The Battle of Chile: Part III
1979 · Director, Screenplay
The Battle of Chile: Part II
1976 · Director, Writer
The Battle of Chile: Part I
1975 · Director, Screenplay
The First Year
1972 · Screenplay, Director
Apuntes sobre la tortura y otras formas de diálogo
1968 · Screenplay, Dialogue, Director
Electro show
1966 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
Mimbre y Greda
1966 · Screenplay, Director
Viva la libertad
1965 · Director
