Pablo Larrain

At 48 years old, Pablo Larrain has this physical status:

Pablo Larran Matte (Spanish pronunciation: [larain]; born 19 August 1976) is a Chilean filmmaker. He has produced nine feature films and co-directed one television series, including Academy Award-nominated films No (2012), Neruda (2016), Jackie (2016), and Spencer (2021). In 2017, Larran and his brother Juan de Dios were the developers of Sebastián Lelio's Astonish Woman, the first Chilean film to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2021, he produced all eight episodes of the psychological thriller miniseries Lisey's Story.

Early life and education

Pablo Larran Matte was born in 1976 in Santiago, Chile, the son of law professor (and later Independent Democrat Union senator) Hernán Larran and Magdalena Matte, Sebastián Pism's former Minister of Housing and Urbanism. At the University of Arts, Sciences, and Communication in Santiago, he studied audiovisual communication.

Personal life

Antonia Zegers, a Chilean actress, was married to him from 2008 to 2014. Juana Larran Zegers and Pascual Larran Zegers have two children together. Despite the fact that his parents are supporters of the radical right-wing group, the Independent Democratic Union, Larran endorsed Michelle Bachelet's center-left presidential candidacy in the 2013 Chilean elections.

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Career

Larran co-founded with his brother Juan de Dios Larran, the production company Fábula, in 2003, where he continues to produce his cinematic and advertising projects and promotes the work of emerging international directors.

In 2005, Larran directed his first feature film Fuga. It was released in March 2006 and gained international recognition with numerous awards at international film festivals, including the Cartagena Film Festival and the Málaga Film Festival. In 2008, he released Tony Manero, his second feature-length film about a serial killer with an obsession for John Travolta's role in Saturday Night Fever, the film premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, where it was part of the Directors' Fortnight section. Post Mortem, his latest film, was released in 2010, and it centers on a coroner's assistant during the 1973 coup that brought Pinochet to power. The film premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Lion in the official competition segment.

Larran produced Prófugos, the first series to be released in Chile by HBO Latin America in 2011. At the 42nd International Emmy Awards, the series was selected for Best Drama Series.

He released No in 2012, one of Gael Garca's campaigns as an advertising company executive who ran the "No" campaign in the 1988 plebiscite that eventually voted Augusto Pinochet out of office. At the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, there was no premiere in the Directors' Fortnight section, where it received the Art Cinema Award for Best Director. At the 85th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, the first Chilean nomination in the category. No has been listed as part of Larra's "unintentional trilogy," alongside Tony Manero and Mortem, with all three films based on stories set during Augusto Pinochet's tyrantry. "The right in Chile, as part of the Pinochet government, is directly responsible for what happened to culture during those years, not just for destroying it or banning its dissemination, but also for persecution of writers and artists," Larran says. "Chile was unable to express itself artistically for nearly 20 years," he said, and that "the right wing in the world is not particularly interested in culture, and this reveals the ignorance that is certainly theirs," since it is impossible for someone to make the most of something or to enjoy it if you have no idea about it.

Larran appeared in the official competition at Venice's 70th Venice International Film Festival in 2013. The Wrap announced on March 24th, 2014, that Larran was in talks to direct a new film version of Scarface for Universal Studios, with Paul Attanasio writing the script. In modern-day Los Angeles, the new version will revolve around a Mexican immigrant rising in the criminal underworld. However, Larran was not involved with the scheme.

The Club, Larran's new film, revolves around four Catholic priests who live in a small Chilean beach town. The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it received the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize. At the 73rd Golden Globe Awards, the film received a nomination for Best Foreigh Language Film.

In 2016, Larrain reteamed with Bernal for Neruda, the Chilean poet and politician Pablo Neruda's years of exile, according to Bernal. Neruda was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Larrain made his English-language debut with his Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis biopic Jackie, starring Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Richard E. Grant, Billy Crudup, and John Hurt. Jackie received several accolades, including Academy Award, Golden Globe, and SAG Award nominations for Portman, as well as winning the Platform Award at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, as well as winning the Platform Prize. Ema, starring Mariana Di Girolamo and Gael Garca Bernal, premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival in 2019.

Larran directed the short film "Last Call" starring Chilean actors Jaime Valiant, Mercedes Morán, Delfina Guzmán, and Coca Guazzini, which was released on Netflix in 2020 as part of the anthology series Homemade.

Larran's second English-language film, Spencer, a Princess Diana biopic starring Kristen Stewart in the titular role, was released in 2021. The film premiered at the 78th Venice Film Festival and received critical acclaim, with Stewart's appearance as lauded by critics and recipients of the Golden Globe, Critics Choice, and Academy Award for Best Actress in addition to receiving numerous other accolades from regional critics' organizations.

On the last days of Maria Callas, the nascent project, led by Angelina Jolie, will be published on late 2023.

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