Andre R. Guttfreund

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Andre R. Guttfreund
Born(1946-11-06)November 6, 1946
Education
Occupation(s) Film director, film producer
Years active1976–present
Known for In the Region of Ice

Andre R. Guttfreund (born November 6, 1946) [1] [2] is a Salvadoran film director, producer and filmmaker. He is better known for the production of the 1976 short film In the Region of Ice, for which he received an Oscar at the 1977 Academy Awards with Peter Werner for Best Live Action Short Film, [3] becoming the first and so far only Central American to receive an Oscar. [1]

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Biography

Guttfreund was the eldest of five children and the son of a Romanian actress and a German diplomat. [4] As a kid, he studied at the Escuela Americana in San Salvador. When he was 13 years-old he travelled to the US and attended Verde Valley School in Sedona, Arizon,then he studied political science at Tufts University. [4] He grew up bilingual, speaking Spanish and German. After his graduation in 1970, [5] he received an invitation to get a Master in theater in London. [6] After graduating from his master, Guttfreund was invited to El Salvador by Walter Béneke, the then Minister of Education of El Salvador, to start the Educative Television project with him. Guttfreund was director of the Educative Television project from 1971 to 1973. [7] After that, he came back to the US and studied production and directing at the American Film Institute Conservatory and graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree. [8]

In 1976, Guttfreund produced his first film In the Region of Ice , and received the Oscar in the category of Best Live Action Short Film, becoming the first and so far only Central American to receive an Oscar. [9] [4] He also directed and produced films such as the TV movie A Perfect Match (1980), the film romance Breach of Contract (1982), the sports drama Abduction of Carry Swenson (1987), the dramatic Western Cabalgando con la muerte (1989) and the mystery drama Femme Fatale (1991), starring Colin Firth, Lisa Zane and Billy Zane. He has also appeared in various roles in television series in the United States and Spain, such as the dramatic series L.A. Law and Picket Fences and the comedy series Periodistas.

He worked at the José Simeón Cañas Central American University's Centro de Audiovisuales and at the Verde Valley School. [5] He has been president of the Salvadoran Film and Television Association (ASCINE) from 2012 to 2016. [10] In this capacity, he also worked as an adviser to the Ministry of Economic Affairs between 2014 and 2016, he served as an adviser to the Film and Audiovisual Coordination Council and was appointed special envoy by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleCredited asNotes
DirectorWriterProducerEditorOther
1976 In the Region of Ice NoNoYesNoNoShort film
1980A Perfect MatchNoYesYesNoNoStory writer
1982Breach of ContractYesNoNoNoNo
1987The Abduction of Kari SwensonNoNoYesNoNo
1987The Little Match GirlNoNoNoNoYesSupervising producer
1989Cabalgando con la muerteNoYesYesNoNoScreenplay and story writer
1990 Femme Fatale YesNoNoNoNo
2012Historias que dan miedoNoNoNoNoYesCreative producer
2014MalacrianzaNoNoNoNoYesCreative producer
2018RelentlessNoNoExecutiveNoNo
2019Cachada: The OpportunityNoNoExecutiveNoNo

Television

YearTitleRole
1988-1990 Knots Landing Director
Episodes: "A Weekend Getaway" (1988), "The Spin Doctor" (1989) and "Out of Control" (1990)
1990 Superboy Director
Episodes: "Brimstone" (1990), "Escape to Earth" (1990), "Revenge from the Deep" (1990) and "The Woman Called Tiger Eye" (1990)
1992-1993 L.A. Law Director
Episodes: "Love on the Rox" (1992) and "Hello and Goodbye" (1993)
1994 Picket Fences Director
Episode: "Terms of Estrangement" (1994)
1996 Second Noah Director
Episode: "God's Last Laugh" (1996)
1999PeriodistasDirector
Episodes: "Una chiquillada" (1999) and "Fugas" (1999)
2001The Color of WarVoice director
2013Capitán CentroaméricaAs "MUC"

Videogames

YearTitleRole
1999 Emergency Room 2 Director
2000Code BlueDirector

Awards

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