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Cecilia Atán

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Writer
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Cecilia Atán was born on 14 December 1978 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is a director and assistant director, known for The Desert Bride (2017), Surfacing (2024) and Thesis on a Homicide (2013).
BornDecember 14, 1978
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    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 17 nominations total

    Known for

    Claudio Rissi and Paulina García in The Desert Bride (2017)
    The Desert Bride
    6.5
    • Director
    • 2017
    Cristina Banegas, Greta Fernández, Maricel Álvarez, and Ángelo Mutti Spinetta in Surfacing (2024)
    Surfacing
    6.3
    • Director
    • 2024
    Ricardo Darín, Calu Rivero, and Alberto Ammann in Thesis on a Homicide (2013)
    Thesis on a Homicide
    6.3
    • Yolis
    • 2013
    Antonio Banderas and Emma Thompson in Imagining Argentina (2003)
    Imagining Argentina
    6.1
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(as María Cecilia Atán)
    • 2003

    Credits

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    Director

    • Cristina Banegas, Greta Fernández, Maricel Álvarez, and Ángelo Mutti Spinetta in Surfacing (2024)
      Surfacing
      6.3
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Zamba (2010)
      Zamba
      6.2
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2020
    • Claudio Rissi and Paulina García in The Desert Bride (2017)
      The Desert Bride
      6.5
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Madres de Plaza de Mayo. La historia
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Paka Paka in The Amazing World of Zamba (2013)
      The Amazing World of Zamba
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • El mar
      Short
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Bio.ar
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2011

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Antonio Banderas and Emma Thompson in Imagining Argentina (2003)
      Imagining Argentina
      6.1
      • third assistant director: Argentina (as María Cecilia Atán)
      • 2003
    • El juego de Arcibel (2003)
      El juego de Arcibel
      7.0
      • second assistant director
      • 2003
    • Noelia Castaño, Pere Ponce, Ana Risueño, Viviana Saccone, and Alberto San Juan in No dejaré que no me quieras (2002)
      No dejaré que no me quieras
      5.4
      • first assistant director
      • 2002
    • Rodrigo Bueno in Rodrigo, la película (2001)
      Rodrigo, la película
      3.2
      • assistant director
      • 2001
    • Taxi, un encuentro (2001)
      Taxi, un encuentro
      6.7
      • second assistant director
      • 2001
    • Nuts for Love (2000)
      Nuts for Love
      6.6
      • assistant director
      • 2000
    • Cecilia Roth and Tomás Fonzi in A Night with Sabrina Love (2000)
      A Night with Sabrina Love
      6.1
      • second assistant director
      • 2000
    • Frontera Sur (1998)
      Frontera Sur
      5.3
      • first assistant director
      • 1998
    • The Lighthouse (1998)
      The Lighthouse
      6.9
      • director trainee (as Cecilia Atan)
      • 1998

    Writer

    • Cristina Banegas, Greta Fernández, Maricel Álvarez, and Ángelo Mutti Spinetta in Surfacing (2024)
      Surfacing
      6.3
      • written by
      • 2024
    • Claudio Rissi and Paulina García in The Desert Bride (2017)
      The Desert Bride
      6.5
      • Writer
      • 2017

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Cecilia Atan
    • Born
      • December 14, 1978
      • Buenos Aires, Argentina

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