Javier Fuentes-León
Escritor, Director, Productor, Editor
29 de mayo de 1968 (58 años)
Writer, director, producer, editor. After graduating as a doctor in Peru, Javier Fuentes-León studied film directing at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Los Angeles. His short film ESPACIOS (1997) won the CONACINE Short Film Award. The National Theater of Peru considered his play SR. NUBES one of the best of 2000 and published it in the compilation Dramaturgia Nacional 2000. His first feature film, CONTRACORRIENTE, had its world premiere at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in 2009 and won more than 50 international awards, including the Audience Award at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. It was nominated for a Goya Award and selected to represent Peru at the 2011 Academy Awards. Fuentes-León's second feature film, the psychological thriller EL ELEFANTE DESAPARECIDO, had its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
Filmography
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| 2014 | |
| 2009 | Undertow · as ScreenplayEn Plex |
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| 2014 | |
| 2009 | UndertowEn Plex |
| 2020 | The Best Families · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Wild District · as Executive Producer |
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| 2009 | UndertowEn Plex |
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| 2016 |
| 1991 | Movie Days · as Self |