Lorenzo Vigas

Producer
Writer
Director

Lorenzo Vigas was born in Mérida, Venezuela in 1967. He graduated in Molecular Biology from the University of Tampa, Florida. In 1995 he moved to New York City to study film at NYU. In 1998 he returned to Venezuela to direct the documentary series "Expedition". From 1999 to 2001 he worked with Bolivar Films and Cinesa directing ads and documentaries. In 2004, while living in Mexico, he directed "Los Elefantes Nunca Olvidan" (Elephants Never Forget), the multiple award-winning short film that premiered in the Critics' Week section of Cannes 2004. Then he filmed for more than 5 years the documentary "El Vendedor de Orquídeas" about his father and the search for a painting. It will be released in 2016. With his debut feature film "Desde Allá" (From Afar) Vigas became the first Venezuelan to be invited in competition to the Venice International Film Festival and he wrote Venezuelan film history when he won the Golden Lion 2015.

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Awards
- 14 wins & 32 nominations total

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Known for

From Afar

6.6

Producer

2015

The Box

6.6

Producer

2021

On the Rocks

6.4

Producer

2020

April's Daughter

6.5

Producer

2017

Credits

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Producer

Memory
6.7
- associate producer
- 2023
The Box
6.6
- producer
- 2021
Sundown
6.5
- executive producer
- 2021
On the Rocks
6.4
- producer: Tèoréma, Mexico
- 2020
New Order
6.5
- executive producer
- 2020
Visitors
Short
- producer
- 2017
April's Daughter
6.5
- producer
- 2017
El vendedor de orquídeas
7.1
- producer
- 2016
From Afar
6.6
- producer
- 2015
Los elefantes nunca olvidan
6.8
Short
- executive producer
- producer (as Lorenzo Vigas Castes, as Lorenzo Vigas Castes)
- 2004

Writer

Director

Personal details

Alternative name
- Lorenzo Vigas Castes
Born
- February 13, 1967
- Mérida, Venezuela

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[on casting newcomer Luis Silva] My biggest challenge was to find a young male lead. I wanted a young 17-year old non-actor with a great talent. I think I found the next Edgar Ramírez. He's a natural. While at a casting agency in Venezuela, I saw the picture of a youth who was not even there to audition; he was there to accompany a friend. But I saw in his face great compassion, rage, great humanity and pain. He comes from a dangerous barrio in Caracas. I met him, we had lunch, saw a movie and I knew he was right for the role. I never did a camera test, which was quite risky. I didn't want him to meet my older male lead, the great Chilean actor Alfredo Castro, before the shoot, as I knew there would be a lot of tension in their scenes, and wanted that to register on camera.[2015]