Pablo Larraín

Background Information
Pablo Larraín Matte is a Chilean filmmaker who has successfully directed seven films as well as a television series. He was born on August 19th, 1976. He is the son of a law professor, Hernán Larraín. His mother Magdalena Matte was the minister of Housing and Urbanism under Sebastián Piñera. He studied audiovisual communication at the University for Arts, Sciences, and Communication in Santiago. His net worth is between $1-$5 million dollars. Pablo is married to Antonia Zegers, an Chilean actress. He served as a jury member at the 70th Venice International Film Festival in 2013.

Career/Accomplishments
With his brother, Pablo co-founded the production company Fábula in 2003. In 2005, he directed his first firm named Fuga. This was the start as his success as he won prizes at the internation film festivals Catagena and Málaga.

In 2008, he directed the award winning film Tony Manero, a film about a man who has an obsession with the Saturday Night Fever character Tony Manero. Post Mortem, Larraín's next film, is about a coroner's assistant in 1973 when Pinochet rose to power. The final movie in Larraín's movie releasing streak was No, a film about a executive who directed the "No" campaign which voted Pinochet out of power. This movie won Art Cinema Award for Best Director.

In 2011, Larraín directed the television series Profugos, the first series on HBO that was produced in Latin America. This series was nominated for Best Dramatic Series at the international Emmys.

In 2014, he was working on a new project to direct a new film version of Scarface, but he ultimately left the project.

His next film, El Club, won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival. It was also nominated for a Golden Globe in 2016. Neruda,a film about Pablo Neruda during his years of exile, was also released in 2016.

Larraín released his first english movie named Jackie, a movie which followed the life of Jacqueline Kennedy. This movie won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. Larraín recently just released a horror movie named Ema, in 2019 at the Venice Film Festival.