Ciro Guerra

Ciro Guerra
Guerra in 2011
Born	6 February 1981 Río de Oro, Colombia
Occupation	Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1998-present

Ciro Guerra (born 6 February 1981) is a Colombian film director and screenwriter. He made his first film Wandering Shadows in 2004 at the age of 23. The film was selected as Colombian submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards, however it was not nominated. His next film The Wind Journeys competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival^[1] and was selected as Colombian submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards; it also was not selected.

His 2015 film Embrace of the Serpent was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival,^[2][3] where it won the C.I.C.A.E. Award. It won the Best Film award in the International Film Festivals of Odessa and Lima, where it also received a special prize by the Critics Jury. The film was also among the nominees for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, being the first Colombian film ever to be nominated.^[4]

Guerra will make his Hollywood debut directing an adaptation of the dystopian adventure book The Detainee by Peter Liney, which will be written by Grant Myers.^[5] Guerra has revealed that his next film will shoot in 2017, in La Guajira Desert, stating that it is "like a gangster film, but something completely different from any gangster film that you have ever seen."^[6]

Filmography

Year	Film	Credited as
		Director	Writer	Notes
1998	Silence	Yes		Short.
1999	Documental siniestro: Jairo Pinilla, cineasta	Yes		Documentary.
2000	Alma	Yes	Yes	Short.
2001	Intento	Yes	Yes	Animated short film.
2004	Wandering Shadows	Yes	Yes
2009	The Wind Journeys	Yes	Yes
2015	Embrace of the Serpent	Yes	Yes	Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards.

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: The Wind Journeys". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
2. "The Directors' Fortnight 2015 selection!". Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
3. Justin Chang (21 April 2015). "Cannes: Directors' Fortnight Unveils 2015 Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
4. Ford, Rebecca (14 January 2016). "Oscar Nominations: The Complete List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
5. Fleming Jr., Mike (February 22, 2016). "Oscar Nominated For Colombian Pic 'Serpent', Ciro Guerra Makes First Hollywood Deal To Direct 'The Detainee'". Deadline. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
6. "Ciro Guerra Interview - Embrace of the Serpent; director reveals his next movie will be 'like a gangster film'". Flickreel. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

External links

• Ciro Guerra at the Internet Movie Database
• Ciro Guerra at Proimágenes