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Luis Ortega (film director)

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Luis Ortega
A portrait of Luis Ortega
Ortega in 2024
Born (1980-07-12) 12 July 1980 (age 44)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • Film and television director
Years active2002–present
Children1[1]
Parents
Relatives

Luis Ortega (born 12 July 1980) is an Argentine screenwriter, film director and television director.

Biography

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Ortega attended film school at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires.

Career

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He wrote the screenplay for his feature film Black Box when he was 19 years old.[2] His cinema work has been well received by film critics. Diana Sanchez said, "With only two feature films ... Luis Ortega is already considered one of Argentina's more impressive and original directorial voices. His first feature, Black Box, stood apart from the social critiques that characterized the films of his Argentine contemporaries."[3]

In 2015, he directed the successful television series Historia de un clan related the history of Clan Puccio.

In 2016, he directed the successful television series El marginal, that was released in October 2016 by Netflix and in January 2018 by Universal Channel.

In 2018, he directed the movie El ángel.

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Luis Ortega fue papá y eligió el nombre de su hijo cuatro días después de haber nacido: ¿cómo se llama?" [Luis Ortega became a father and chose his son's name four days after he was born: what is his name?]. Infobae (in Spanish). 15 April 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  2. ^ Sanchez, Diana Archived 2007-02-02 at the Wayback Machine. Film review from the Toronto International Film Festival, September, 2005
  3. ^ Sanchez, Diana. Ibid.
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