Lucrecia Martel

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lucrecia Martel
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Dec 14, 1966(1966-12-14)
Age	58
Birthplace	Salta
Country	Argentina
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Lucrecia Martel Biography

Lucrecia Martel is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on December 14, 1966 in Salta, Argentina. The director who was a star on the international art-house scene, with films like La Cienaga (2001), La Mujer sin Cabeza (2008), and Zama (2017). The Cannes Film Festival nominated The Headless Woman (2004) and La Nina Santa (2004) for the Palme d’Or.

She directed She directed Matheus Nachtergaele in the period drama Zama. in the period drama Zama.

When she was 17 years old, she accompanied her father to Buenos Aires and attended a cinema projection of Camila (1984), a film written and directed by María Luisa Bemberg and produced by Lita Stantic about a real and tragic love story between a priest and a young lady of Buenos Aires high society. Impressed with the film’s women creators and mainstream success, Martel says that as a result of the viewing she “thought the cinema was a woman’s job,” a “confusion,” as she describes it, that “stayed with [her]” for years.

While attending IDAC, Martel directed the animated short films El 56 (“The 56”) in 1988 and Piso 24 (“24th Floor”) in 1989.

She is the second child of seven. In 2016, she began dating Julieta Laso, a musician.

Lucrecia Martel Net Worth

Lucrecia Martel is one of the richest Director from Argentina. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lucrecia Martel 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was born in Salta, Argentina. She studied art history at National University of Salta.

She has served as a filmmaker-in-residence at the University of Cambridge.

Lucrecia Martel (born December 14, 1966) is an Argentine film director, screenwriter and producer whose feature films have frequented Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Toronto, and many other international film festivals. Film scholar Paul Julian Smith wrote in 2015 that she is “arguably the most critically acclaimed auteur in Spanish-language art cinema outside Latin America” and that her “transnational auteurism and demanding features have earned her a hard-won reputation in the world art cinema festival circuit.”. Similarly, film scholar Haden Guest has called her “one of the most prodigiously talented filmmakers in contemporary world cinema,” and film scholar David Oubiña has called her body of work a “rare perfection.” In April 2018, Vogue called her “one of the greatest directors in the world right now”.

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Martel says that “just when [she] was starting to think that [a career in] film was impossible, that it was time for [her] to get a (real) job,” she entered a public script competition organized by the Argentine National Film Board (INCAA), the grand prize for which was the budget to produce a short film. Martel won the contest and, as a result, was able to produce her breakout film Rey muerto (“Dead King,” 1995), a violent western about a woman who escapes her abusive, alcoholic husband with her three children in a small town called Rey Muerto in provincial Salta. It went on to win Best Short Film at the 1995 Havana Film Festival.

Facts & Trivia

Lucrecia Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Argentina. Lucrecia Martel celebrates birthday on December 14 of every year.

Martel is openly lesbian. She came out to her family before the 2001 premiere of La Ciénaga because she was worried about their reaction to the implicit homosexuality depicted in the film. Her mother responded lovingly and said she had known it since Martel was seven years old. Martel is in a relationship with singer Julieta Laso, former lead vocalist of the Fernández Fierro Orchestra.

Top Facts about Lucrecia Martel

1. Lucrecia Martel is an Argentine film director, screenwriter, and producer.
2. She was born on December 14, 1966 in Salta, Argentina.
3. Her debut feature film “La Ciénaga” (2001) won critical acclaim.
4. Martel’s films often explore social issues and class divisions.
5. She has been awarded numerous international film awards for her work.
6. Martel is known for her unique visual style and use of sound design.
7. In 2019, she became the first female president of the Venice Film Festival jury.
8. Martel has influenced a new generation of Latin American filmmakers.
9. Her latest film “Zama” (2017) was praised by critics worldwide.
10. Martel continues to be a leading voice in contemporary cinema.