Alberto Daiber

Director and writer Alberto Daiber is the grandson of the German sci-fi writer Albert Ludwig Daiber. He studied medicine at the Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago and specialized in psychiatry at the Universidad de Chile. He combines medicine with his great interest on the big screen and as host of some cultural shows on tv :"La Cámara de los Comunes" (1988)and "Zona Franca" (1991). His first job as director was Punto Rojo (1996) filmed on 16 mm. After that he directed El roto: perjudícame cariño (2004) based on the novel of Joaquín Edwards Bello; El Magnífico (2007)and Lecciones Privadas (2009). Daiber is director, writer and producer of most of his films. On them a particular way of filming with camera permanently moving is noted. Also he has directed some TV movies for the series "Cuentos Chilenos" of the National Television of Chile: Donde estás, Constanza (2000), Gracia y el forastero (2000), La chica del crillón (1999), El niño que enloqueció de amor (1998) and Misa de réquiem (1997).