Patricio Guzmán Lozanes (born August 11, 1941) is a Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an documentary film director. He is internationally renowned for films such as The Battle of Chile

The Battle of Chile

The Battle of Chile is a documentary film in 3 parts, directed by the Chilean Patricio Guzman: The Insurrection of the Bourgeoisie , The Coup d'état , Popular Power . It is a chronicle of the political tension in Chile in 1973 and of the violent counter revolution against the democratically elected...

 and Salvador Allende

Salvador Allende (film)

Salvador Allende is a 2004 documentary film about Chilean president Salvador Allende, from his election campaign to the coup d'état which ended his presidency...

.

Guzmán also teaches documentary film classes in Europe and Latin America, and is the founder and director of the International Documentary Festival of Santiago (FIDOCS). He currently lives in France.

Filmography

• La Tortura y otras formas de diálogo (1968)
• El Paraíso ortopédico (1969)
• Primer año (1971)
• La Respuesta de octubre (1972)
• La Batalla de Chile: La insurrección de la burguesía (1975)
• La Batalla de Chile: El golpe de estado (1977)
• La Batalla de Chile: El poder popular (1979)
• Rosa de los vientos (1983)
• En nombre de Dios (1987)
• La Cruz del Sur (1992)
• Pueblo en vilo (1995)
• "Chile, la memoria obstinada" (1997)
• "La Isla de Robinson Crusoe" (1999)
• "Invocación" (2000)
• "Le Cas Pinochet" (2001)
• "Madrid" (2002)
• "Salvador Allende
  Salvador Allende (film)
  Salvador Allende is a 2004 documentary film about Chilean president Salvador Allende, from his election campaign to the coup d'état which ended his presidency...
  
  " (2004)
• "Mon Jules Verne" (2005) (TV)
• "Nostalgia de la Luz" English Title: "Nostalgia for the Light" (2010)

External links

• Guzmán's Website
• Interview with Guzmán from The Center for Social Media at American University