Alicia Scherson

Alicia Scherson at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2017

Alicia Scherson (born 1974 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, and producer. ^[1]

Biography

Scherson studied filmmaking in the Escuela de Cine de Cuba ^[2] and in 1999 received a Fulbright Scholarship to study for a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago. ^{[3] [4]}

Scherson's debut film Play was awarded Best Director at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival. ^[5] The Times called Play a "doozy of a showreel," but also criticized its "sketchy emotional construction." ^[6] Scherson's second film, Tourists, was selected for the 2009 Tiger Awards Competition. ^[7]

Scherson collaborated with author Alejandro Zambra on Vida de Familia , a film based on one of his stories. ^[8] The 80 minute feature was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017.

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
2002	Crying Underwater	Yes	Yes	Yes	(short)
2005	Baño de mujeres	Yes	No	No	(short)
	Play	Yes	Yes	No
2009	Optical Illusions	No	Yes	No	directed by Cristián Jiménez
	Tourists	Yes	Yes	Yes	(executive producer)
2011	Verano	No	No	Yes	directed by José Luis Torres Leiva
2012	Copia imperfecta: para Raúl Ruiz	No	No	Yes	(short) directed by José Luis Torres Leiva
2013	Las Analfabetas	No	No	Yes	directed by Moisés Sepúlveda
	Il Futuro	Yes	Yes	No
2015	El Bosque de Karadima	No	Yes	No	directed by Matías Lira
	El Bosque de Karadima: La Serie	No	Yes	No	(TV mini-series) (1 episode)- "La Iniciación"
	Rara	No	Yes	No	directed by Pepa San Martín
	Las Plantas	No	No	Yes	directed by Roberto Doveris
2017	Vida de Familia	Yes	Yes	No	(co-directed with Cristián Jiménez)
2019	Invisible Heroes	Yes	No	No	Chilean-Finnish TV series

As a writer

• 2017 Vida de Familia
• 2015 El Bosque de Karadima: La Serie (TV mini-series) (1 episode)- "La Iniciación"
• 2015 Rara
• 2015 El Bosque de Karadima (written by)
• 2013 Il Futuro (written by)
• 2009 Optical Illusions (writer)
• 2009 Tourists (writer) ^[9]
• 2005 Play
• 2002 Crying Underwater (short)

As a director

• 2017 Vida de Familia (co-directed with Cristián Jiménez)
• 2013 Il Futuro ^[10]
• 2009 Tourists
• 2005 Baño de mujeres (short)
• 2005 Play ^[11]
• 2002 Crying Underwater (short)

As a producer

• 2015 Las Plantas (associate producer)
• 2013 Las Analfabetas (co-producer)
• 2011 Verano (executive producer)
• 2009 Tourists (executive producer)
• 2002 Crying Underwater (short) (producer)

As an actress

• 2011 Verano - Turista Sewell
• 2005 Play - Woman at Photomat (uncredited)
• 2001 Time's Up!

As an editor

• 2002 Crying Underwater (short)
• 2002 Mi hermano y yo (documentary)

As part of the camera and electrical department

• 2002 Crying Underwater (short) (camera operator)

As part of the miscellaneous crew

• 2012 Thursday Till Sunday (script consultant)

Thanks

• 2012 Thursday Till Sunday (the director wishes to thank)
• 2011 Zoológico (the director wishes to thank)
• 2011 Bonsái (special thanks)
• 2011 Metro Cuadrado (thanks)
• 2005 Time Off (thanks)

External links

• Alicia Scherson at IMDb

References

1. "Alicia Scherson". IMDb .
2. "Alicia Scherson". IFFR. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
3. "Films by Alicia Scherson".
4. "Alicia Scherson". Cinechile. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
5. "Meet the 2013 Sundance Filmmakers #44: Alicia Scherson Adapts Bolaño in 'Il Futuro'". 22 January 2013.
6. Charity, Tom (20 January 2007). "Play". The Times. Retrieved 17 March 2016– via EBSCO.
7. "Alicia Scherson | IFFR".
8. Copesa, Grupo. "Alicia Scherson lleva al cine cuento de Alejandro Zambra". www.latercera.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
9. Kilday, Greg; Fernandez, Jay A. (6 May 2009). "L.A. Fest Whips Out a Dillinger". Hollywood Reporter. Vol. 409, no. 34. Retrieved 17 March 2016– via EBSCO.
10. Catsoulis, Jeannette (5 September 2013). "Two Orphans Wonder, What Now?". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
11. Roberts-Camp, Traci (May 2009). "Play". Chasqui. 38 (1): 234–236. Retrieved 17 March 2016– via EBSCO.