Guillermo Amoedo

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Guillermo Amoedo
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Amoedo on the set of the movie El Habitante
Born
Guillermo Amoedo Schultze

(1983-03-02) March 2, 1983 (age 40)
Occupation(s) Film director, screenwriter, film producer, film editor
Years active2003 – present

Guillermo Amoedo Schultze (born 2 March 1983 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan director and screenwriter, working in Santiago, Chile since 2007.

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Amoedo is the cowriter, with Nicolás López, of the films Que Pena Tu Vida (2010), Que Pena Tu Boda (2011), Que Pena Tu Familia (2012), Mis Peores Amigos (2013) and, with Eli Roth, of the films Aftershock (2012), The Green Inferno (2013) and Knock Knock (2015).

He has also written and directed the TV films El Crack (2011), La Leyenda de El Crack (2015) and the feature films Retorno (2010) and The Stranger (2014).

Amoedo received a Bachelor of Communication at the University of Montevideo and later graduated as a Master in Screenwriting at the Universidad de los Andes, where he now teaches practice writing classes.

Filmography

Feature films

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2009RetornoYesYesAlso editor and executive producer
2011Qué pena tu bodaNoYes
2012Qué pena tu familiaNoYes
2013 The Green Inferno NoYes
Mis Peores Amigos: Promedio Rojo el regresoNoYes
2014 The Stranger YesYesAlso associate producer
2015 Knock, Knock NoYes
2017 Hazlo Como Hombre NoYes
The Inhabitant YesYes
2018No Estoy LocaNoYes
2019Dulce FamiliaNoYes
2022Me Vuelves LocaNoYes

Short films

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2003MemoriasYesYes
2004Tercera PersonaYesYesAlso editor
2005La EscafandraYesYesAlso executuce producer
2006El Último GloboYesYesAlso cinematographer
2013The Fourth HousemanYesYes

Television

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2011El CrackYesYesTV movie
Co-directed with Nicolás López
2012Que Pena Tu SerieNoYesTV series
12 episodes
2015La Leyenda de El CrackYesYesTV movie
2019Tu Parte del TratoNoYesTV series
8 episodes

Webseries

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2011El CrackYesYesCo-directed with Nicolás López
2013Se VendenNoYes
2016Hola SandraNoYes

Awards

Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival
Won, Blood Window Award to the Best Iberoamerican Film, "The Stranger" (2014)
Nominated, Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver, Official Fantàstic Panorama Selection, "Mis peores amigos: Promedio rojo el regreso" (2013)

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