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Cristián Sánchez

Directing

0.2 Popularity Jun 19, 1951 (74 years old) Santiago

Luis Cristián Sánchez Garfias (Santiago, June 19, 1951) is a Chilean director, screenwriter and film scholar. He studied, like several other filmmakers of his generation, at the School of Communication Arts of the Universidad Católica before the dictatorship. His films, all low-budget, have gene...

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Luis Cristián Sánchez Garfias (Santiago, June 19, 1951) is a Chilean director, screenwriter and film scholar. He studied, like several other filmmakers of his generation, at the School of Communication Arts of the Universidad Católica before the dictatorship. His films, all low-budget, have generally had little public diffusion, both because of their airtight content and because of the scarce support in the official distribution circuits. They have, however, enjoyed a positive reception at international festivals in Havana, Berlin, Biarritz and Nantes. It can be said that their cinema is "underground"; it is, in their own words, "a cinema of affective image, or of image-pulsion, in the manner of Buñuel". In his work he seeks to reveal "mythical relationships", since, in his opinion, "to reach a higher degree of complexity, cinema must deal with myth". He proclaims his affinity with what Raúl Ruiz does, although he differentiates himself from him - he says - because his cinema "is baroque" while his is more inclined towards an "asceticism of the image, and a more classical structure, of linear narration".

Filmography 63

2025
Esperando a Godoy Movie

Director

2025
Esperando a Godoy Movie

Screenplay

2025
Esperando a Godoy Movie

Executive Producer

2025
Esperando a Godoy Movie

Producer

2025
Esperando a Godoy Movie

Editor

2025
The Inner Flame Movie

Director

2025
The Inner Flame Movie

Writer

2025
The Inner Flame Movie

Executive Producer

2025
The Inner Flame Movie

Editor

2024
2024
With the Feet on the Ground Movie

Executive Producer

2023
Voy y vuelvo Movie

Director

2023
Voy y vuelvo Movie

Producer

2023
Voy y vuelvo Movie

Editor

2020
2020
2020

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Personal Details

Known For Directing
Gender Male
Birthday June 19, 1951 (74 years old)
Place of Birth Santiago
Also Known As Cristián Sánchez G., Cristián Sánchez Garfias, Luis Cristián Sánchez
Years Active 1968 - 2025
Popularity 0.2
Career Stats
63 Total Credits
1 Movie Roles
1 Photos