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name: "Patricio Guzmán"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/patricio-guzman"
fi1m_id: "patricio-guzman"
imdb_id: "nm0350099"
tmdb_id: 566294
wikidata_id: "Q2057315"
roles: ["Editor","Director"]
born: "11 August 1941"
died: "15 September 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-27T08:09:15.406153+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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# Patricio Guzmán

## Identity

Patricio Guzmán

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/patricio-guzman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** patricio-guzman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0350099
- **TMDB ID:** 566294
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2057315
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricio_Guzm%C3%A1n, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2057315, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0350099/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/566294

Editor and director. Born 11 August 1941 in Santiago, Chile. Died 15 September 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor, Director
- **Born:** 11 August 1941, Santiago, Chile
- **Died:** 15 September 2026
- **Also known as:** Patricio Guzmán Lozanes
- **Berlin International Film Festival:** 1 Berlin prize (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricio_Guzm%C3%A1n, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2057315, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0350099/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/566294

## Biography

Patricio Guzmán Lozanes (11 August 1941 – 15 September 2026) was a Chilean documentary director and screenwriter. He directed, wrote and edited the 2010 film *Nostalgia for the Light*.

Guzmán is best known for the trilogy *The Battle of Chile* (1975–1979) and the later trilogy comprising *Nostalgia for the Light* (2010), *The Pearl Button* (2015) and *The Cordillera of Dreams* (2019). After the 1973 coup he went into exile and lived in France, from where he continued to make films about Chile. He founded the International Documentary Festival of Santiago (FIDOCS) and taught documentary filmmaking in Europe and Latin America.

Guzmán died of cardiorespiratory arrest in a Paris hospital.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, bfi.org.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Nostalgia for the Light* (2010), Fi1m 83, Editor, Director, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/nostalgia-for-the-light.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *My Imaginary Country* (2022), Director, Writer
- *The Cordillera of Dreams* (2019), Director, Screenplay
- *The Pearl Button* (2015), as Narrator (voice) · Director, Writer, Editor, Additional Photography
- *Luc Moullet (et Patricio Guzmán) à Manosque III* (2012), Actor
- *Nostalgia for the Light* (2010), Director, Writer, Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/nostalgia-for-the-light.md)
- *José Maza, Sky Traveller* (2010), Director, Screenplay, Editor
- *Chile, a Galaxy of Problems* (2010), Director
- *Oscar Saa, Technician of the Stars* (2010), Director
- *María Teresa and the Brown Dwarf* (2010), Director
- *Astronomers From My Neighborhood* (2010), Director, Writer, Editor
- *The battle of Chile* (2008), series, Director
- *My Jules Verne* (2005), Director
- *Salvador Allende* (2004), Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
- *Madrid* (2002), Director, Writer, Sound, Director of Photography
- *The Pinochet Case* (2001), Director
- *La bataille du Chili* (2000), series, Production Executive, Creator
- *Invocación* (2000), Co-Director
- *Los Jaivas en Sacsayhuamán* (2000), Editor
- *Robinson Crusoe Island* (1999), Director, Sound, Director of Photography, Screenplay
- *Chile: Obstinate Memory* (1997), Director
- *Pueblo en vilo* (1995), Director, Screenplay
- *Barriers of Solitude* (1995), Director, Writer
- *The Southern Cross* (1992), Director
- *Moon Over Parador* (1988), as Family Member
- *En nombre de Dios* (1987), Director
- *The Compass Rose* (1983), Director
- *The Battle of Chile: Part III* (1979), Director, Screenplay
- *The Battle of Chile: Part II* (1976), Director, Writer
- *The Battle of Chile: Part I* (1975), Director, Screenplay
- *The First Year* (1972), Screenplay, Director
- *Apuntes sobre la tortura y otras formas de diálogo* (1968), Screenplay, Director, Dialogue
- *Electro show* (1966), Director, Screenplay, Editor
- *Mimbre y Greda* (1966), Director, Screenplay
- *Viva la libertad* (1965), Director

## Gallery

- ![Patricio Guzmán, director de cine chileno en entrevista para Festival de Cannes 2022](https://film.one/media/person/3936013/gallery-7b3890c072b3.jpg) Patricio Guzmán, director de cine chileno en entrevista para Festival de Cannes 2022 — Canal22, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Patricio_Guzm%C3%A1n_2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Patricio Guzmán zinemaldiaren sariarekin Patricio Guzmán con el premio del festival Argazkia / Fotografía: Iñigo Royo (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/3936013/gallery-d8180290978f.jpg) Patricio Guzmán zinemaldiaren sariarekin Patricio Guzmán con el premio del festival Argazkia / Fotografía: Iñigo Royo (2013) — DONOSTIA KULTURA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Itxiera_%288691180885%29.jpg/1280px-Itxiera_%288691180885%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Juan Karlos Izagirre (Donostiako alkatea) Patricio Guzmani zinemaldiaren saria ematen Juan Karlos Izagirre (alcalde de San Sebastián) entregando a Patricio Guzm (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/3936013/gallery-eec8fab338bb.jpg) Juan Karlos Izagirre (Donostiako alkatea) Patricio Guzmani zinemaldiaren saria ematen Juan Karlos Izagirre (alcalde de San Sebastián) entregando a Patricio Guzm (2013) — DONOSTIA KULTURA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Itxiera_%288692298830%29.jpg/1280px-Itxiera_%288692298830%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Macarena Urenda y Patricio Guzmán (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/3936013/gallery-7ebc17e65b82.jpg) Macarena Urenda y Patricio Guzmán (2010) — FIC VIÑA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Gala_Clausura%2C_Casino_Vi%C3%B1a_del_Mar_%285198248475%29.jpg/1280px-Gala_Clausura%2C_Casino_Vi%C3%B1a_del_Mar_%285198248475%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Patricio Guzmán](https://film.one/media/person/3936013/gallery-b4ceff509d53.jpg) Patricio Guzmán — Image via TMDB
- ![Patricio Guzmán](https://film.one/media/person/3936013/gallery-7dd488b1a236.jpg) Patricio Guzmán — FIC VIÑA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Patricio_Guzman_cortado.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Solasaldia: Patricio Guzmán (Chileko zinemagilea) eta Paco Etxeberria (auzitegia) Coloquio: Patricio Guzmán (cineasta chileno) y Paco Etxeberria (forense)) Arga (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/3936013/gallery-3a4a36767cf8.jpg) Solasaldia: Patricio Guzmán (Chileko zinemagilea) eta Paco Etxeberria (auzitegia) Coloquio: Patricio Guzmán (cineasta chileno) y Paco Etxeberria (forense)) Arga (2013) — DONOSTIA KULTURA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Patricio_Guzm%C3%A1n_eta_Paco_Etxeberria_solasaldia_%288691163625%29.jpg/1280px-Patricio_Guzm%C3%A1n_eta_Paco_Etxeberria_solasaldia_%288691163625%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Berlin International Film Festival — 1 won

- 2015: Best Screenplay (won), for *The Pearl Button*

### Other awards — 10 won

- National Award for Arts and Audiovisual Representation of Chile 2023: National Award for Arts and Audiovisual Representation of Chile (won)
- Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film 2022: Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film (won), for *The Cordillera of Dreams*
- honorary doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University 2019: honorary doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University (won)
- Lumière Award for Best Documentary 2016: Lumière Award for Best Documentary (won), for *The Pearl Button*
- Platino Award for Best Documentary 2016: Platino Award for Best Documentary (won), for *The Pearl Button*
- Hot Docs Outstanding Achievement Award 2015: Hot Docs Outstanding Achievement Award (won)
- European Film Award for Best Documentary 2010: European Film Award for Best Documentary (won), for *Nostalgia for the Light*
- Hot Docs Award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary 1998: Hot Docs Award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary (won), for *Chile, the Obstinate Memory*
- Hot Docs Award for Best Political Documentary 1998: Hot Docs Award for Best Political Documentary (won), for *Chile, the Obstinate Memory*
- Prix du meilleur court métrage du syndicat français de la critique de cinéma 1975: Prix du meilleur court métrage du syndicat français de la critique de cinéma (won), for *The Battle of Chile: Part 1*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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