Ignacio Agüero

Born: 1952-03-07

Ignacio Agüero is one of the most renowned documentary filmmakers in Chile. He studied Architecture and Cinema, and graduated from the School of Communication Arts of the Universidad Católica de Chile, with the title of Artistic Director with a mention in cinema in 1979. He is a founding member of the Association of Documentary Filmmakers of Chile, of which he was its first president. Although he has stood out for making independent documentaries, he has also worked as a producer, editor, cameraman, actor, and has been a judge in national and international competitions. In 1988 he participated as co-director and editor of "La Franja del NO", a television message in the campaign for the plebiscite that overthrew the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Parallel to his work as a filmmaker, he has produced numerous works commissioned by television, both national and foreign. Among them, the most important ones: Neruda, all the love (1998), with script by Antonio Skármeta, filmed for Canal + Spain, and several chapters of the series Heredia & asociados, based on the stories of novelist Ramon Diaz Eterovic. From his production company Ignacio Agüero & Asociado, he produced the series Maldito corazón, about historical crimes in Chile, winner of the National Television Council contest and produced for Chilevisión in 2011. No olvidar (1982), his initial film, touches on the theme of the so-called "Lonquén Ovens Massacre", committed in 1978 and discovered a few years later. In 1988, Agüero made a documentary that made history, One Hundred Children Waiting for a Train. From misery and marginality, the film tells the innocent story of a group of children who travel from their town to the center of the city to attend a film session for the first time. It was awarded the First Prize for a Documentary at the 1988 Havana Film Festival, the year of its premiere. In 1993 she premiered the documentary Dreams of Ice, which won the Grand Prize for Documentary at the Mannhein-Heidelberg Festival in 1994, and in 2000 her documentary Aquí se construye, first prize at the Docupolis Festival in Barcelona, and best national documentary at FIDOCS (Santiago de Chile) in 2001. In 2004 he made the documentary La mamá de mi abuela le contó a mi abuela. Later he made the outstanding documentary El diario de Agustín (2008), about the active participation of the newspaper El Mercurio in the military coup and later in the consolidation of the military dictatorship. In 2011, he made a documentary about the building that currently houses the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center, GAM (2001) and in 2012 he premiered his personal documentary El otro día, a film with Al that won the Altazor 2014 Award for documentary direction. This is the fourth Altazor obtained by Ignacio Agüero after the triumphs of 2005 with La mamá de mi abuela le contó a mi abuela, 2006 with Heredia y Asociados and 2009 with El diario de Agustín. He has conducted numerous training workshops in Chile, Mexico, Barcelona, Bolivia, and has developed project tutorials in Mexico, Costa Rica, Buenos Aires, Nicaragua and Chile. Ignacio Agüero is an associate professor at the Institute of Communication and Image (ICEI) of the Universidad de Chile and Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Documentary Film.


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Death Will Come and Shall Have Your Eyes

as uncredited
Released: 2019-09-23

Two women who have spent their whole lives together must deal with the illness affecting one of...

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The Painting Lesson

as Unknown Man at the Station
Released: 2012-03-08

In Chile, during the 60´s, the son of a poor single teenage girl turns out to be a gifted...

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Cofralandes, Chilean Rhapsody

as Rafael
Released: 2002-08-30

An experimental four-part 2002 Franco-Chilean digital video series written and directed by Raúl...

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The Sky, the Earth and the Rain

as Doctor
Released: 2008-04-16

Ana, Verónica, Marta, and Toro are four lonely people who live an unadventurous and quiet...

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The Winds Know That I'm Coming Back Home

as uncredited
Released: 2016-01-30

Looking for extras and locations, a filmmaker settles on Chiloé, the second largest island off...

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What Is This Story and How Does It End?

as Self
Released: 2013-04-15

A prominent Chilean documentary director shares his family album with the film editor of his...

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Teresa

as Editor
Released: 2009-06-17

Teresa Wilms Montt is a writer, a rebellious woman, tormented and beautiful. He marries at age...

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The Other Day

as Self
Released: 2012-07-01

The house of the director has a door out to the sidewalk. This gate separates the inside from...

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Voice Over

as Rebecca's Brother
Released: 2014-09-06

A married woman — seeking to purify herself through a "disconnection vow" — leaves her husband...

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Tendida mirando las estrellas

as Police Prefect
Released: 2004-11-16

Nieves has murdered the man who was tried to rape his younger brother. Sentenced to five years...

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Notes for a Film

as Ignacio Agüero
Released: 2022-10-15

Belgian civil engineer Gustave Verniory still had a lot to learn when in 1889 he was hired to...

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Fragmentos urbanos

as Teacher (segment "Ciudad de maravillas")
Released: 2002-01-10

Anthology film composed of six standalone shorts.

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Latent Image

as uncredited
Released: 1990-05-04

In the late 1980s, a politically neutral photographer in Pinochet's Chile is still struggling to...

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Days in the Country

as Daniel Rubio
Released: 2004-09-05

In a bar in Santiago, two old men talk over their past. This is a strange discussion. In fact,...

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La Recta Provincia

as Paulino
Released: 2007-08-20

This was a man. He lived with his mother. He cared a manor house in the countryside of Chile....

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11 Habitaciones en Antártica

as uncredited
Released: 2013-11-13

Leo Quinteros music is the base to this film in which filmmakers, actors and actresses and other...

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Nemesio

as Don Julio
Released: 1986-10-17

A public services employee receive the news that he will be lowered in rank and salary. So he...

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Mentiras verdaderas

as Self
First aired: 2011-10-11

Daily interviews discussing the guest's personal lives and national contingency.

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Litoral

as Patron
First aired: 2008-09-06

Series based on tales of sailors, fishermen and people from the coasts and islands of Chile. The...

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