Director
Patricio Guzmán
85 years · Santiago, Chile · 34 films
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.
Best known for
Nostalgia for the Light
2010 · Writer, Director
On OVID
Santiago, Italia
2018 · Self - Filmmaker
On OVID
Moon Over Parador
1988 · Family Member
The Pearl Button
2015 · Narrator (voice), Director
On OVID
The Battle of Chile: Part I
1975 · Director, Screenplay
The Battle of Chile: Part III
1979 · Director, Screenplay
Filmography 34
O Grande Irmão: O Dia que Durou 21 Anos 2
2022 · Self
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
2022 · Self
On Plex
My Imaginary Country
2022 · Self, Director
On OVID
The Cordillera of Dreams
2019 · Director, Screenplay
Santiago, Italia
2018 · Self - Filmmaker
On OVID
The Pearl Button
2015 · Narrator (voice), Director
On OVID
Luc Moullet (et Patricio Guzmán) à Manosque III
2012 · Actor
Nostalgia for the Light
2010 · Writer, Director
On OVID
Astronomers From My Neighborhood
2010 · Director, Writer
José Maza, Sky Traveller
2010 · Director, Editor
María Teresa and the Brown Dwarf
2010 · Director
Oscar Saa, Technician of the Stars
2010 · Director
Capturing Reality
2008 · Self
On Philo
My Jules Verne
2005 · Director
Salvador Allende
2004 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director
On OVID
Madrid
2002 · Director, Writer
The Pinochet Case
2001 · Director
On OVID
Los Jaivas en Sacsayhuamán
2000 · Editor
Robinson Crusoe Island
1999 · Director, Screenplay
Chile: Obstinate Memory
1997 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director
On OVID
Barriers of Solitude
1995 · Writer, Director
Pueblo en vilo
1995 · Director, Screenplay
The Southern Cross
1992 · Director
Moon Over Parador
1988 · Family Member