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Juan Villegas

Producer, Writer, Director, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn December 28, 1971 (53 years)
Juan Villegas was born in Argentina in 1971, he is a director, screenwriter, producer and has also worked as an assistant director and editor in both short films and feature films. He studied film direction at the Universidad del Cine, where he currently works as a teacher. During his first period as a director, he made the short films “Rutas y veredas” (1995), “2 en 1 auto” (1998), “A happy afternoon” and “Hugo” (2002). In 2001, he premiered his debut feature, “Saturday,” at the Venice International Film Festival, where he received great recognition from international critics. In 2005, he scripted and directed the feature film based on the novel of the same name by Antonio Di Benedetto “The Suicides”, a film that opened the 20th edition of the BAFICI. As a producer he worked on feature films; “A Week Alone”, “Escuela Normal”, “The Third Shore” by Celina Murga, “Miss”, by Robert Bonomo, “Villegas”, by Gonzalo Tobal; “Diarios de Mendoza”, by Lucía Mendoza and “Días extraños”, by Juan Sebastián Quebrada, among others. In 2010, he co-directed the feature film “Ocio”, alongside Alejandro Lingenti, based on the novel of the same name by Fabián Casas. In 2015, he made the documentary titled “Victoria”, based on the portrait of this artist's life over a period of one year. In 2018, he premiered “Las Vegas” again at the BAFICI, a romantic comedy.

Known For

  • A Week Alone
  • Saturday
  • The Third Side of the River
  • Las Vegas
  • Los suicidas
  • Ana and the Others
  • Miss
  • Escuela normal
  • Victoria
  • El otro verano
  • Pavón

Filmography

2024
2018
El otro verano · as Executive Producer
2018
2016
2015
2015
2014
2012
2012
Villegas · as Executive Producer
2010
Pavón · as Executive Producer
2008
A Week Alone · as Executive Producer
2005

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