Cristián Sánchez
Known for
Directing
Born
June 19, 1951 (age 75)
Birthplace
Santiago
Biography
Luis Cristián Sánchez Garfias (Santiago, June 19, 1951) is a Chilean director, screenwriter and film scholar. He studied, like several other filmmakers of his generation, at the School of Communication Arts of the Universidad Católica before the dictatorship. His films, all low-budget, have generally had little public diffusion, both because of their airtight content and because of the scarce support in the official distribution circuits. They have, however, enjoyed a positive reception at international festivals in Havana, Berlin, Biarritz and Nantes. It can be said that their cinema is "underground"; it is, in their own words, "a cinema of affective image, or of image-pulsion, in the mann...
Best known work
The Chinese Shoe
1979
Los deseos concebidos
1982
Tiempos malos
2015
With the Feet on the Ground
2024
El cumplimiento del deseo
1994
Cautiverio feliz
1998
Vías paralelas
1975
Der Radfahrer von San Cristóbal
1988
New Love
1968
Voy y vuelvo
2023Filmography
2026
Hidden CurrentsDirector, Writer, Editor, Music, Executive Producer
2026
The Invisible LandDirector, Writer, Editor, Art Direction, Music, Executive Producer
2025
The Holy OfficeDirector, Writer
2025
Esperando a GodoyDirector, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Producer, Editor
2025
The Inner FlameDirector, Writer, Executive Producer, Editor
2024
With the Feet on the GroundDirector, Music, Executive Producer, Writer, Editor
2023
Voy y vuelvoDirector, Editor, Producer
2020
La promesa del retornoDirector, Producer, Screenplay, Editor
2020
Take a Spin in the AirScreenplay, Director, Production Design, Editor
2015
Tiempos malosExecutive Producer, Director, Editor, Screenplay
2012
2011
El paso del héroe y el círculo de los deseosDirector, Script
2003
Camino de sangreDirector, Screenplay
1998
Cautiverio felizDirector, Editor, Screenplay
1995
Cuídate del agua mansaWriter, Director, Producer, Editor
1994
El cumplimiento del deseoExecutive Producer, Screenplay, Editor, Director
1988
Der Radfahrer von San CristóbalAssistant Director
1984
El otro roundWriter, Producer, Director
1982
Los deseos concebidosEditor, Writer, Director
1979
The Chinese ShoeDirector, Screenplay, Editor, Story
1978
Así hablaba AstorquizaDirector
1975
Vías paralelasDirector, Screenplay
1975
MarihuanaWriter
1974
La Ermita del SocorroDirector
1971
CositaDirector