Lucía Puenzo

Lucía Puenzo was born in 1976, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to the prominent director Luis Puenzo (Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film The Official Story.) After studying literature, cinema and theater, she published three novels El Niño Pez (Beatriz Viterbo, Tusquets, 2004), 9 minutos (Beatriz Viterbo, Tusquets, 2005) and La maldición de Jacinta Pichimahuida (Interzona, 2007). XXY, her first feature film, received the support of the Cannes Film Festival's Cine Fondation, Fond Sud, INCAA and ICAA. She has also directed short films, documentaries, and the telefilm Los Invisibles.

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