---
name: "Marcela Said"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marcela-said"
fi1m_id: "marcela-said"
imdb_id: "nm1888700"
tmdb_id: 1172230
wikidata_id: "Q13534431"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 March 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "director"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T19:12:47.206152+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."
---

# Marcela Said

## Identity

Marcela Said

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marcela-said
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marcela-said
- **IMDb ID:** nm1888700
- **TMDB ID:** 1172230
- **Wikidata ID:** Q13534431
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcela_Said, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13534431, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1888700/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1172230

Director. Born 1 March 1972 in Santiago, Chile.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 March 1972, Santiago, Chile
- **Active:** 2020–present
- **Also known as:** Marcela Said Cares
- **Frequently works with:** [Xavier Gens](https://film.one/person/xavier-gens.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as director, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 73 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Crime 3, Drama 3, Action & Adventure 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcela_Said, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13534431, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1888700/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1172230

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Dope Thief*](https://film.one/tv/dope-thief.md) (74)
- **AMC+:** [*Gangs of London*](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md) (74)
- **Netflix:** [*Lupin*](https://film.one/tv/lupin.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Marcela Said is a Franco-Chilean film director and screenwriter. She obtained a degree in aesthetics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and later studied film and media at the Paris-Sorbonne University after moving to France in 1997.

Said began her career with political documentaries, including *Valparaíso* (1999), *I Love Pinochet* (2001) and *El mocito* (2011, co-directed with Jean de Certeau), the last of which screened at the Berlinale Forum. Her feature films *The Summer of Flying Fish* (2013) and *Los Perros* (2017) premiered at the Directors' Fortnight and Cannes Critics' Week respectively. She has directed episodes of the television series *Narcos: Mexico* (2020), *Lupin* (2021), *Gangs of London* (2022) and *Dope Thief* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Dope Thief* (2025), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/dope-thief.md)
- *Lupin* (2021), Fi1m 73, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/lupin.md)
- *Gangs of London* (2020), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dope Thief* (2025), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dope-thief.md)
- *The Source* (2024), series, Director
- *Lupin* (2021), series, Director — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/lupin.md)
- *Gangs of London* (2020), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md)
- *Narcos: Mexico* (2018), series, Director
- *Los perros* (2017), as Josefina · Director, Screenplay
- *The Summer of Flying Fish* (2013), Director, Screenplay
- *Gloria* (2013), as Jugadora
- *The Young Butler* (2011), Director
- *Opus Dei - Una cruzada silenciosa* (2006), Director
- *I Love Pinochet* (2001), Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- *El Puma*, Screenplay, Director

## Gallery

- ![Marcela Said](https://film.one/media/person/47025/gallery-bcd5af1f93f6.jpg) Marcela Said — Ross from hamilton on, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/The_Summer_Of_Flying_Fish_%289701017430%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![The Summer Of Flying Fish (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/47025/gallery-7476cb3c727f.jpg) The Summer Of Flying Fish (2013) — Ross from hamilton on, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/The_Summer_Of_Flying_Fish_%289701017430%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![The Summer Of Flying Fish (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/47025/gallery-f1a7af70c127.jpg) The Summer Of Flying Fish (2013) — Ross from hamilton on, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/The_Summer_Of_Flying_Fish_%289701017720%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Marcela Said](https://film.one/media/person/47025/gallery-3f2d7b112a3e.jpg) Marcela Said — Image via TMDB

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