Orlando Lübbert

Orlando Lübbert

Known for

Directing

Born

December 1, 1945 (age 80)

Birthplace

Santiago, Chile

Biography

Screenwriter and Film Director. He started in film as assistant to Chilean director Patricio Guzmán. In 1972 he began writing and directing the feature documentary "Los Puños Frente al Cañón". In 1974 he went into exile in Mexico and settled in West Berlin, where he lived until 1995. There he spent most of his professional career, where, in addition to teaching, he wrote screenplays, specialized in film dramaturgy and made documentaries for German television. In 1986 he was selected for the first Berlin screenplay workshop with the comedy "The Children of Mickey Mouse". In 1994 the original script "La Mirada desde el Circo" is selected for the SOURCES Screenwriting Workshop of the MEDIA-P...

Best known work

A Cab for Three
A Cab for Three
2001
The Gift
The Gift
2008
The Border Crossing
The Border Crossing
1978
Die Kolonie
Die Kolonie
1987
Fists Against the Cannon
Fists Against the Cannon
1975
Chile, donde comienza el dolor
Chile, donde comienza el dolor
1982
Cirqo
Cirqo
2018
Chile, la cultura Necesaria
Chile, la cultura Necesaria
1986
A Guitar and Joe
A Guitar and Joe

Filmography

  1. TBA

    A Guitar and Joe

    Director

  2. 2018

    Cirqo

    Director, Screenplay, Producer

  3. 2008

    The Gift

    Writer

  4. 2001

    A Cab for Three

    Writer, Director, Executive Producer

  5. 1987

    Die Kolonie

    Director

  6. 1986

  7. 1982

  8. 1978

    The Border Crossing

    Director, Writer

  9. 1975

    Fists Against the Cannon

    Director, Screenplay

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