Luis Prieto (director)

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Luis Prieto
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Prieto at the Opening of Ho Voglia di Te, 2007
Born (1970-07-10) 10 July 1970 (age 52)
Madrid, Spain
Occupation Film director, Writer
Education CalArts
Period1994–present
Genre Action, thriller
Notable worksHo voglia di te [1]
"Bamboleho"
Website
www.luisprieto.com

Luis Prieto (born 10 July 1970) is a Spanish-born film director, and screenwriter.

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Early life

Prieto was born in Madrid, Spain. He studied economics and photography in Spain and film at the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles where he graduated in 1994 with honors from the School of Film and Video.

Career

Early career

From 1994 and 1999 Prieto lived in Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles where he worked as an editor on short films, commercials and documentaries - including the 1994 Student Academy Award Nominee The Night Voice .

In 2000, Prieto's commercial directing career began with his work for Albinana Films, in Barcelona (Spain).

In 2001, Prieto directed the short film Bamboleho , which won over 45 international awards, including Best Short Film at the first edition of Robert De Niro's Tribeca Film Festival [2] [3] and a Special Jury Mention at the 2001 Venice Film Festival.


Condon Express , Prieto's feature film directorial debut, was filmed in 2004 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Other projects

In 1999, Prieto worked as a video artist for musician Peter Gabriel in Real World Studios, Box, England.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotes
2001 Bamboleho YesYesNoAlso editor
2003 Mariposas de Fuego YesYesExecutive
2005 Condon Express YesYesNo
2007 Ho voglia di te YesNoNo
2009 Meno male che ci sei YesNoNo
2012 Pusher YesNoNo
2017 Kidnap YesNoNo
2022 Shattered YesNoYes
TBAEstación RocafortYes [4]

Television

YearTitleNotes
2014 Z Nation Director (episodes "Philly Feast", "Home Sweet Zombie")
2016 StartUp Director (episodes "Proof of Concept", "Angel Investor", "Bootstrapped", "Valuation")
2016 Code Black Director (episode 4 season 2)
2018 Snatch Director (episodes "Haymaker", "Good Work for Good Money", "Close Quarters", "Job Done")
2020 White Lines Director (episodes 3, 4 & 5)

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