DIRECTOR · FROM MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY
Álvaro Brechner
Born 1976 · 50 years old6 credits since 20032 coming up
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ABOUT ÁLVARO
Álvaro Brechner is a Uruguayan film director, writer and producer. He has written and directed three feature films: Bad Day to Go Fishing (Mal Día Para Pescar), Mr. Kaplan and A Twelve-Year Night (La Noche de 12 Años). His films have been selected in several festivals such as Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival. All three of his films have been chosen as Uruguay's official selection for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born9 April 1976
BirthplaceMontevideo, Uruguay
Known forDirecting
On Cineora3 of 6 titles
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Career
IMDb rating of each title they made on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 3
- Average IMDb
- 7.0
- Highest rated
- A Twelve-Year NightIMDb 7.5
- Working since
- 2003
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Filmography
The 2010s
2 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average
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The 2000s
4 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average
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