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Juan Villegas
Homepage
https://3milmundos.wixsite.com/tresmilmundoscine
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1971-12-28,Buenos Aires City, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

Terenci: la fabulación infinita
2023-09-15

Los visionadores
2021-03-19