Rodrigo Moreno

Born

1972-01-01

Birthplace

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Biography

Rodrigo Moreno (born October 1972; Buenos Aires) is an Argentine filmmaker. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina. According to Joel Poblete, who writes for Mabuse, a cinema magazine, Rodrigo Moreno is one of the members of the so-called "New Argentina Cinema" which began c. 1998. Moreno studied cinema and graduated from the directing program at the Universidad del Cine, Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he has been teaching directing and screenplay writing since 1996. Many of his films have been critically hailed at various international film festivals. In 1993, he wrote and directed his first short film, Nosotros, which won best film at the Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films. His 2006 film, his first film feature he directs alone, is The Minder (Spanish: El Custodio). His 2011 film A Mysterious World premiered In Competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Bear.