Natalia Santa | |
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Born | Natalia Santa Carrillo 1977 (age 47–48) Bogotá, Colombia |
Education | National University of Colombia |
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Years active | 2002–present |
Natalia Santa Carrillo (born 1977) is a Colombian director and screenwriter. She is best known for writing and directing the 2017 drama film The Dragon Defense .
Santa was born in Bogotá. [1] Both of her parents worked in television; her mother, Fabiola Carrillo, is also a screenwriter. [2] She studied literature at the National University of Colombia and worked in various publishing houses, including Alfaguara. [1] [3] After studying English in the United States, she began working on television scripts with her mother. [2]
In 2016, she and Kiran Fernández founded a production company, Perro de Monte. [4] Her debut feature film, The Dragon Defense , premiered in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, making her the first Colombian female director to participate in an official section of the Cannes Film Festival. [5] Her second feature film, Malta , premiered at South by Southwest in 2024. [6] [7] She co-wrote the upcoming Netflix series One Hundred Years of Solitude , based on the 1967 novel of the same name by Gabriel García Márquez. [8] [9]
Year | Title | Director | Writer |
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2017 | The Dragon Defense | Yes | Yes |
2024 | Malta | Yes | Yes |
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
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2009 | Summer in Venice | No | Yes | 151 episodes |
2013 | Plaza Sésamo | No | Yes | 1 episode |
2019 | Crime Diaries: Night Out | No | Yes | 2 episodes |
2019 | Green Frontier | No | Yes | 2 episodes |
2020 | Ruido Capital | No | Yes | 3 episodes |
2020 | The Great Heist | No | Yes | 2 episodes |
2024 | One Hundred Years of Solitude | No | Yes |
Award | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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Platino Awards | 2025 | Best Series Creator | One Hundred Years of Solitude | Nominated | [10] [11] |