Santiago Zannou

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Santiago Zannou
Santiago Zannou en los Premios Goya 2017.jpg
At the 31st Goya Awards in 2017
Born1977
Madrid, Spain
Other namesSantiago A. Zannou

Santiago Ahuanojinou Zannou (born 1977) is a Spanish filmmaker.

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Biography

Zannou was born in 1977 in Madrid, [1] son to a father from Benin and a mother from Aragon. [2] [3] He was raised in Carabanchel, [2] leaving for Mallorca at age 19. [4] He moved to Barcelona to study filmmaking at the Centre d'Estudis Cinematogràfics de Catalunya  [ es ] (CECC). [4]

Zannou's debut film The One-Handed Trick (2008) earned him the Goya Award for Best New Director (the film also won Best New Actor and Best Original Song). [2] It was followed by two documentary films, namely El alma de La Roja  [ es ] (2009; a documentary about the Spain national football team) and La puerta de no retorno (2011; tracking the return of his father Alphonse Zannou to Benin with his family 40 years after leaving). [5] [3]

His second fiction feature Scorpion in Love (2013), penned alongside Carlos Bardem, earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. [6]

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotesRef.
2008 El truco del manco (The One-Handed Trick)YesYes [7]
2011 El alma de la Roja  [ es ]YesDocumentary [5]
2011La puerta de no retornoYesDocumentary [8]
2013 Alacrán enamorado (Scorpion in Love)YesYes [9]
2016MunaYesDocumentary [10]

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References

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