Marcela Said
{{short description|Chilean film director}}
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| birth_place = Santiago, Chile
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| occupation = Film director, screenwriter.
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| years_active = 1999–present
| spouse = Jean de Certeau
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Marcela Paz Said Cares (born 26 March 1972) is a Franco-Chilean director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Marcela Said obtained a degree in aesthetics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.[http://www.cinechile.cl/persona.php?personajeid=3669 Marcela Said Cares] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407074016/http://www.cinechile.cl/persona.php?personajeid=3669 |date=2014-04-07 }}. Cinechile.cl. Retrieved 8 June 2013. In 1997, Said moved to France, studying film and media at the Paris-Sorbonne University.
In 1999, Said's first documentary, Valparaíso, premiered, produced by Les Films d’Ici. Two years later she directed the documentary I Love Pinochet, which focused on supporters of the late dictator Augusto Pinochet. The film won awards at the Valparaíso Film Festival and the Santiago International Documentary Festival (FIDOCS), and received an Altazor Award.[http://www.premioaltazor.cl/marcela-said-i-love-pinochet/ Marcela Said, I Love Pinochet] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110084909/http://www.premioaltazor.cl/marcela-said-i-love-pinochet/ |date=2012-01-10 }}. Premioaltazor.cl. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
In 2006, Said directed a third documentary, Opus Dei, una cruzada silenciosa (Opus Dei, A Silent Crusade) alongside Jean de Certeau. The film looked at the influence of Opus Dei in Chile.[http://www.adoc.cl/cat/?p=384 Opus Dei, A Silent Crusade]. Adoc: Association of Chilean documentary filmmakers. Retrieved 8 June 2013. Her next film, The Young Butler (El Mocito in Spanish), focuses on the story of Jorgelino Vergara, a man who worked in a torture centre during the Chilean military regime.[http://diario.latercera.com/2011/02/06/01/contenido/cultura-entretencion/30-58519-9-el-mocito-la-cinta-sobre-el-sirviente--de-la-dina-que-ira-al-festival-de-berlin.shtml El Mocito, la cinta sobre el sirviente de la DINA que irá al festival de Berlín]. La Tercera. 6 February 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2013. This documentary was also directed together with Jean de Certeau and it premiered at Forum, Berlinale 2011. The Young Butler also received an Altazor Award in the category of best documentary.,[http://www.premioaltazor.cl/marcela-said-y-jean-de-certeau/ Marcela Said y Jean de Certeau] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102034111/http://www.premioaltazor.cl/marcela-said-y-jean-de-certeau/ |date=2013-01-02 }}. Premioaltazor.cl.Retrieved 8 June 2013.
In 2013, Said's film The Summer of Flying Fish premiered in the Directors' Fortnight at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[http://www.latercera.com/noticia/cultura/2013/04/1453-520883-9-chile-en-cannes-la-fantasia-de-jodorowsky-el-suspenso-de-silva-y-el-conflicto.shtml Chile en Cannes]. La Tercera. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.[http://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/2013/05/18/599347/la-psicomagia-de-jodorowsky-hipnotiza-cannes.html La Psicomagia de Jodorowsky hipnotiza Cannes]. El Mercurio online. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013. The fictional film tells the story of young Manena, on vacation in the south of Chile, and explores the Mapuche conflict and Mapuche culture in Chile.
Selected filmography
- Valparaíso (1999)
- I Love Pinochet (2001)
- Opus Dei, una cruzada silenciosa (2006)
- El mocito (2011)
- El verano de los peces voladores (2013)
- Los Perros (2017)
- Narcos: Mexico (2020)
- Lupin (2021) (director of 2 episodes)
- Gangs of London (2022)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1888700|Marcela Said}}
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Category:Chilean film directors
Category:Chilean women film directors
Category:Chilean documentary film directors
Category:Women documentary filmmakers
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