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Juan Álvarez Neme

Juan Álvarez Neme

Known for

Directing

Birthplace

Montevideo, Uruguay

Biography

He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1972. He graduated from the Uruguayan Film School in 1999 and founded tarkiofilm in 2008. Among his films are the documentary Standing at the foot of the white tree (2007), which won the award for best Uruguayan documentary at ATLANTIDOC 2007. His second film, The Crop of the Invisible Flower, was part of the 2012's Official Selection at Bafici, E tudo verdade and the International Film Festival of Uruguay. In 2012 he also made the documentary Avant, winner of Best documentary at Detour Film Festival.

Best known work

Straight to VHS

Straight to VHS

2021
Hilda's Short Summer

Hilda's Short Summer

2021
Avant

Avant

2014
The Crop of the Invisible Flower

The Crop of the Invisible Flower

2012
Standing at the Foot of the White Tree

Standing at the Foot of the White Tree

2007
The Smelting of Time

The Smelting of Time

2019

Filmography

  1. 2021

    Hilda's Short Summer

    Editor, Producer

  2. 2021

    Straight to VHS

    Producer, Camera Operator, Director of Photography, Editor

  3. 2019

  4. 2014

    Avant

    Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Editor

  5. 2012

    The Crop of the Invisible Flower

    Screenplay, Executive Producer, Director

  6. 2007

    Standing at the Foot of the White Tree

    Director, Camera Operator, Editor

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