Lucrecia Martel
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About
Director who became one of the most acclaimed filmmakers on the international art house scene with features like La Cienaga (2001), La Mujer sin Cabeza (2008) and Zama (2017). The Headless Woman and her drama La Niña Santa (2004) were both nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Before Fame
She grew up in Salta, Argentina and studied art history at the National University of Salta.
Trivia
She has served as a filmmaker-in-residence at the University of Cambridge.
Family Life
She is the second of seven children. She began dating musician Julieta Laso in 2016.
Associated With
She directed Matheus Nachtergaele in the period drama Zama.
