Lucrecia Martel
Lucrecia Martel was born in Salta, northern Argentina, in 1966. As a teenager she did a good deal of filming of her large family, but she never suspected she would end up studying filmmaking. In 1986 she moved to Buenos Aires to study communication. She made a few short films, among them Rey Muerto (Dead King) which received several international awards.
Between 1995- 1998 she directed documentaries for television and children's programs with a dark sense of humor and which were widely acclaimed by the Argentine press. In 1999 she received the Sundance+-/ NHK Filmmakers Award for her script La Cienaga (The Swamp) about families in Northern Argentina.
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Lucrecia Martel Facts
| Occupation | Director, Writer |
| Birthday | December 14, 1966 (43) |
| Sign | Sagittarius |
| Birthplace | Salta, Argentina |
Selected Filmography
| The Headless Woman | ||
| The Holy Girl | ||
| La Cienaga | ||
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