Pablo Larraín

Director · Writer · Cast

Born

August 19, 1976 · Santiago de Chile, Metropolitan Region, Chile

Birth name

Pablo Larraín Matte

“Cinema, sometimes, is a necessary scream.” Chilean director and screenwriter Pablo Larraín leaves his mark on Latin American cinema by addressing political and social memory and human drama through a powerful poetics in films such as Tony Manero (2008), Post Mortem (2010) and No (2012), the first Chilean film nominated for an Oscar. With his unsettling style, he immerses the viewer in the duality of situations, showing the complexity and depth of social structures while delving into the intimate universe of the protagonists. An explorer of public figures who carry the wounds of history and culture, Larraín has taken on iconic female figures to tell their stories in biopics that redefine the genre, making the story as fascinating as the myth itself, with films such as Jackie (2016), Spencer (2021) and his project Maria (2024), played by Angelina Jolie. The director is not afraid to take risks, using an intense visual language and editing with disconcerting transitions, where the dialogue continues. He reshapes the possibilities of storytelling, leaving space for the viewer to make their own interpretation, while the worlds of the intimate and the historical merge. With a cinema that seeks to disturb and shake, Larraín is considered one of the most visionary directors in American cinema.