Known For
Directing
Born
Aug 11, 1941
Died
Sep 15, 2026
Place of Birth
Santiago, Chile
Credits
40 titles
Patricio Guzmán
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.
Known For
Filmography
O Grande Irmão: O Dia que Durou 21 Anos 2
Self
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Self
My Imaginary Country
Self
Nas Asas da Pan Am
Himself
The Cordillera of Dreams
Director
Santiago, Italia
Self - Filmmaker
The Pearl Button
Narrator (voice)
Luc Moullet (et Patricio Guzmán) à Manosque III
Mentiras verdaderas
Self
Nostalgia for the Light
Writer
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
The battle of Chile
Director
Capturing Reality
Self
My Jules Verne
Director
Salvador Allende
Self - Narrator (voice)
Madrid
Director
The Pinochet Case
Director
La bataille du Chili
Production Executive
Invocación
Co-Director
Los Jaivas en Sacsayhuamán
Editor
Robinson Crusoe Island
Director
Chile: Obstinate Memory
Self - Narrator (voice)
Pueblo en vilo
Director
Barriers of Solitude
Writer
The Southern Cross
Director
Moon Over Parador
Family Member
En nombre de Dios
Director
The Compass Rose
Director
The Battle of Chile: Part III
Director
The Battle of Chile: Part II
Director
The Battle of Chile: Part I
Director
The First Year
Screenplay
Apuntes sobre la tortura y otras formas de diálogo
Screenplay
Electro show
Director
Mimbre y Greda
Screenplay
Viva la libertad
Director