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name: "Fernando Epstein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fernando-epstein"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T13:02:35.270980+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Fernando Epstein

Producer. Born 1 January 1969 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1969, Montevideo, Uruguay

## Biography

Fernando Epstein is a Uruguayan film editor and producer. Born in 1969 in Montevideo, he studied social communication at the Catholic University of Uruguay and began working as an editor during the transition from linear video to digital systems, operating one of the first Avid systems in the country.

He founded Control Z Films in 2001 and co-founded Mutante Cine with Agustina Chiarino in 2011. Epstein has edited and produced numerous Latin American independent features, including *Whisky* (2004), *Gigante* (2009), *Neon Bull* (2015), *The Heiresses* (2018) and *Utama* (2022). He served as producer on *Monos* (2019), for which he also worked as additional editor and post-production supervisor.

Many of the films he has produced or edited have premiered at festivals including Cannes, Berlin, Sundance and Rotterdam, and received international distribution.

*Sources: imdb.com, le-pacte.com, collab.sundance.org, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Monos* (2019), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/monos.md)

## Also known for

- *Neon Bull* (2016), Editor
- *Whisky* (2004), Editor
- *The Heiresses* (2018), Editor
- *Divine Love* (2019), Editor
- *Acne* (2008), Editor
- *D.F. (final destiny)* (2008), Editor
- *Utama* (2022), Editor
- *The Strange Case of a Claustrophobic Ghost* (2023), Editor

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