Alejandro Amenábar
Known for
Writing
Born
March 31, 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
Santiago de Chile, Chile
Biography
Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos (born 31 March 1972) is a Spanish film director. Amenábar was born in Santiago, Chile to a Spanish mother and Chilean father, but the family moved to Spain just one year after his birth. He studied cinema at Madrid's Universidad Complutense but eventually dropped out.
In addition to writing and directing his own films, Amenábar has maintained a notable career as a composer of film scores, including the Goya Awards-nominated score for José Luis Cuerda's La lengua de las mariposas.
Amenábar was awarded the Grand Prix of the Jury at the International Venice Film Festival in 2004 for Mar adentro ("The Sea Inside"), and in February 2005 the same film won the A...
Best known work
The Others
2001
Vanilla Sky
2001
Regression
2015
Agora
2009
Open Your Eyes
1997
The Sea Inside
2004
Thesis
1996
While at War
2019
Butterfly
1999
Spanish Movie
2009Filmography
2026
2025
The CaptiveDirector, Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Producer
2024
2021
2019
While at WarDirector, Producer, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
2015
RegressionDirector, Screenplay, Producer
2014
2011
CousinhoodThanks
2009
Spanish Movieas Reflejo espejo
2009
AgoraDirector, Writer
2006
Spectreas Man Looking at Statue (uncredited)
2006
2004
The Sea InsideDirector, Producer, Original Music Composer, Editor, Writer
2004
2001
Vanilla SkyOriginal Film Writer
2001
The OthersDirector, Original Music Composer, Writer
1999
Nobody Knows AnybodyOriginal Music Composer
1999
ButterflyMusic
1998
1997
Open Your EyesDirector, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
1996
ThesisDirector, Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Associate Producer, Story
1995
1995
Lunaas Waiter, Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
1992
Himenópteroas Bosco, Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Editor