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Argentine filmmaker From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sebastián Borensztein (born 22 April 1963) is an Argentine screenwriter and film director, best known for the films Chinese Take-Away (2011), Heroic Losers (2019) and the horror television miniseries El garante (1997).
Sebastián Borensztein | |
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Other names | Sebastián Bores |
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Years active | 1991–present |
Notable work | Chinese Take-Away |
Spouse |
Paula Siero
(m. 1994; div. 1999) |
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Website | www |
Sebastián Borensztein was born on 22 April 1963 in Buenos Aires, the son of comedian Tato Bores[1] and Berta Szpindler.[2]
He first studied Communication Sciences at the Universidad del Salvador, but after graduating decided to turn to the performing arts, and studied film directing at the Augusto Fernández school.[1]
During the 1980s he worked in advertising, but under the guidance of his father, started screenwriting.[1] He wrote, directed and also acted as producer for his father's work, for which he earned several awards.[3][4]
Borensztein started out by writing for television. His first series, a horror miniseries entitled El garante (1997, "The Guarantor") won many awards, including four Martín Fierro Awards, and was a finalist for the Emmy Awards.[3][4]
He made the highly acclaimed series Tiempo final[1] (2000–2002[5]), later remade by Fox Telecolombia in 2007–9, also named Tiempo final.[6][7]
Borensztein's first feature film was La suerte está echada ("The die is cast"), in 2005,[1] which won several international awards. In 2007, he partnered with American independent filmmaker Benjamin Odell, with whom he co-wrote his second film, Sin Memoria, released in Mexico in 2011.[3]
His third film, released in 2011,[3] was the highly successful Chinese Take-Away (Un Cuento Chino).[8][9]
In 2019 Heroic Losers (La odisea de los giles) was released.[10][1] It screened at the 2020 New Zealand International Film Festival in Auckland, as well as at the Toronto and San Sebastián Film Festivals.[11]
Borensztein was married to actress Paula Siero from 1994 to 1999.[12]
Filmmaker Alejandro Borensztein[2] is his brother,[13] and actress Marina Borensztein his sister.[14]
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