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- Born in 1966 in Salta in the North of Argentina,Lucrecia Martel settled down in Buenos Aires where she attended the ENERC (National Film School). She started by directing a few shorts among which Historias Breves I: Rey muerto (1995), which garnered several awards in the international film festival circuit. From 1995 to 1998, she made a series of documentaries for TV as well as a children's TV programme, hailed by the Argentinian press for its unusual dark humor. From 2001 until today, Lucrecia Martel has managed to make three very personal feature films, The Swamp (2001), The Holy Girl (2004) and The Headless Woman (2008), in which she explores her favorite theme, troubled minds.
- IMDb mini biography by: Guy Bellinger
- Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006
- Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2002
- She is a graduate of the ENERC (National Film School) from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Was considered to direct Black Widow (2020).
- Had three of her movies appear on the Sight & Sound's 2022 version of the list of Greatest Movies of All Time with The Headless Woman (2008) and Zama (2017) tied at #196 as well as The Swamp (2001) tied at #136.
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