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Filmmaker · Chile

Patricio Guzmán

Died in 2026

Patricio Guzmán was born in Santiago on 11 August 1941. After unfinished studies in history and philosophy, he attended the film institute of the Catholic University, then the official school of cinematography in Madrid. Back in Chile, he filmed the years of the Unidad Popular; according to Memoria Chilena, he was held in the National Stadium after the coup and threatened with execution, then left the country in November 1973 for Cuba, Spain and France. Winner of the National Prize for the Performing and Audiovisual Arts in 2023, he died in Paris on 15 September 2026.

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