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Damián Szifron
Filmmaker

Damián Szifron

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Creating Los simuladores and directing Wild Tales.

Los simuladores · Wild Tales

Born
9 July 1975
Birthplace
Ramos Mejía

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Damián Szifron

Damián Szifron is an Argentine director and screenwriter whose work includes television series and feature films.

Early life

Film study

Studied cinema with critic and teacher Ángel Faretta.

Career

  1. 2002

    Television breakthrough

    Created Los simuladores.

  2. 2014

    Wild Tales

    The film competed at Cannes.

  3. 2015

    Oscar nomination

    Wild Tales was nominated for foreign-language film.

Selected work

Los simuladores

A television series about a team solving clients’ problems through elaborate schemes.

Wild Tales

An anthology film centred on escalating conflict.

Beyond work

Family

Has two daughters with actor, playwright and theatre director María Marull, whom he met while working in television.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Family — biographical source ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Víctor Santa María. CC BY 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.