
Known for
Writing
Born
March 31, 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
Santiago de Chile, Chile
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...
2026
2025
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Producer
2024
2021
2019
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
2015
Director, Screenplay, Producer
2014
2011
Thanks
2009
as Reflejo espejo
2009
Director, Writer
2006
as Man Looking at Statue (uncredited)
2006
2004
Director, Producer, Original Music Composer, Editor, Writer
2004
2001
Original Film Writer
2001
Director, Original Music Composer, Writer
1999
Original Music Composer
1999
Music
1998
1997
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
1996
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Associate Producer, Story
1995
1995
as Waiter, Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
1992
as Bosco, Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Editor