Edgardo Viereck

Edgardo Viereck

Born 1966
Santiago de Chile, Chile

Biography

He studied Law and got a degree as a Lawyer. He has fully devoted to cinema since 1992, combining film directing with academic and professional activities. He studied in Chile and at the EICTV (San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba) where he attended workshops given by Gabriel García Márquez, among others. A director, scriptwriter and film producer, he has already directed eight shorts and four full-length films. As an associate producer and executive producer he has worked in other four films, two of them international co-productions with Spain, Mexico, Argentina and Cuba, directed by filmmakers such as Silvio Caiozzi and Alberto Lecchi. He has taken part in various festivals in which he has received several awards and recognitions. He has written and co-written scripts for short and feature films by other directors and producers in Chile, Peru and Argentina. He has taught scriptwriting, directing and narrative in various schools and institutions in Chile and abroad. He has been a member of the executive committees that created ACORCH (Chilean Association of Short Film Makers, 1992), Chilean Audiovisual Platform (2001-2004) and the present Law of Audiovisual Promotion for that country. He is presently the Academic Head of the Film Specialty at the University UNIACC in Santiago de Chile, and is ready to premiere his two latest feature films during 2009.

Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca

Screenwriter

Movies
2000

Mi famosa desconocida

Series
2012

Cobre

1997

Eclipse de luna

Short
1994

El cobrador

Director

Editor

Short
1994

El cobrador