Patricio Guzmán
Born: 1941-08-11 in Santiago, Chile
Died: 2026-09-15
Known For: Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography
2022
- Film: The Living Record of Our Memory as Self
- My Imaginary Country as Self
- O Grande Irmão: O Dia que Durou 21 Anos 2 as Self
2020
- Nas Asas da Pan Am as Himself
2019
- The Cordillera of Dreams ... (Director)
2018
- Santiago, Italia as Self - Filmmaker
2015
- The Pearl Button as Narrator (voice)
2011
- Mentiras verdaderas as Self
2010
- Nostalgia for the Light ... (Director)
- Astronomers From My Neighborhood ... (Director)
- José Maza, Sky Traveller ... (Director)
- María Teresa and the Brown Dwarf ... (Director)
- Oscar Saa, Technician of the Stars ... (Director)
- Chile, a Galaxy of Problems ... (Director)
2008
- Capturing Reality as Self
- The battle of Chile ... (Director)
2005
- My Jules Verne ... (Director)
2004
- Salvador Allende as Self - Narrator (voice)
2002
- Madrid ... (Director)
2001
- The Pinochet Case ... (Director)
2000
- Los Jaivas en Sacsayhuamán ... (Editor)
- La bataille du Chili ... (Production Executive)
- Invocación ... (Co-Director)
1999
- Robinson Crusoe Island ... (Director)
1997
- Chile: Obstinate Memory as Self - Narrator (voice)
1995
- Barriers of Solitude ... (Director)
- Pueblo en vilo ... (Director)
1992
- The Southern Cross ... (Director)
1988
- Moon Over Parador as Family Member
1987
- En nombre de Dios ... (Director)
1983
- The Compass Rose ... (Director)
1979
- The Battle of Chile: Part III ... (Director)
1976
- The Battle of Chile: Part II ... (Director)
1975
- The Battle of Chile: Part I ... (Director)
1972
- The First Year ... (Screenplay)
1968
- Apuntes sobre la tortura y otras formas de diálogo ... (Screenplay)
1966
- Electro show ... (Director)
- Mimbre y Greda ... (Director)
1965
- Viva la libertad ... (Director)