The Most Famous
FILM DIRECTORS from Chile
This page contains a list of the greatest Chilean Film Directors. The pantheon dataset contains 2,041 Film Directors, 5 of which were born in Chile. This makes Chile the birth place of the 45th most number of Film Directors behind Latvia, and Portugal.
Top 5
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Chilean Film Directors of all time. This list of famous Chilean Film Directors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Raúl Ruiz (1941 - 2011)
With an HPI of 63.54, Raúl Ruiz is the most famous Chilean Film Director. His biography has been translated into 26 different languages on wikipedia.
Raúl Ernesto Ruiz Pino (French: Raoul Ruiz; 25 July 1941 – 19 August 2011) was an experimental Chilean filmmaker, writer and teacher whose work is best known in France. He directed more than 100 films.
2. Patricio Guzmán (b. 1941)
With an HPI of 60.51, Patricio Guzmán is the 2nd most famous Chilean Film Director. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Patricio Guzmán Lozanes (born August 11, 1941) is a Chilean documentary film director, screenwriter, director. He is most known for his film trilogy The Battle of Chile (1975–1979) and more recently for another trilogy; Nostalgia for the Light (2010), The Pearl Button (2015) and The Cordillera of Dreams (2019).
3. Alejandro Amenábar (b. 1972)
With an HPI of 59.28, Alejandro Amenábar is the 3rd most famous Chilean Film Director. His biography has been translated into 40 different languages.
Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos (born 31 March 1972) is a Chilean-Spanish film director, screenwriter and composer. He has won nine Goya Awards—including Best Director for his 2001 film The Others—and two European Film Awards among other honors; he also accepted an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film on behalf of Spain for The Sea Inside. He has written (or co-written) the screenplays to all seven of his films and composed almost all of their soundtracks.
4. Pablo Larraín (b. 1976)
With an HPI of 55.33, Pablo Larraín is the 4th most famous Chilean Film Director. His biography has been translated into 27 different languages.
Pablo Larraín Matte (Spanish pronunciation: [laraˈin]; born 19 August 1976) is a Chilean filmmaker. He is known for directing films such as Neruda (2016), Jackie (2016), Spencer (2021), El Conde (2023), and Maria (2024). His 2012 film No was the first Chilean film nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards, while Larraín and his brother Juan de Dios co-produced Sebastián Lelio's A Fantastic Woman (2017), which became the first film from Chile to win the Oscar in that category. In 2021, Larraín directed the Apple TV+ psychological romance horror miniseries Lisey's Story.
5. Claudio Miranda (b. 1972)
With an HPI of 47.71, Claudio Miranda is the 5th most famous Chilean Film Director. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Claudio Miranda, ASC (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈklawðjo miˈɾanda]; March 13, 1965) is a Chilean cinematographer. He is best known for his collaborations with American director Joseph Kosinski, as well as for his work on the Ang Lee-directed film Life of Pi (2012), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, making him the second Chilean person to win an Academy Award. He was also nominated for the David Fincher-directed film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), becoming the first film shot entirely digitally to be nominated for the category, and for the American Society of Cinematographers Award.
People
Pantheon has 5 people classified as Chilean film directors born between 1941 and 1976. Of these 5, 4 (80.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Chilean film directors include Patricio Guzmán, Alejandro Amenábar, and Pablo Larraín. The most famous deceased Chilean film directors include Raúl Ruiz. As of April 2024, 5 new Chilean film directors have been added to Pantheon including Raúl Ruiz, Patricio Guzmán, and Alejandro Amenábar.
Living Chilean Film Directors
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Patricio Guzmán
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.51
Alejandro Amenábar
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.28
Pablo Larraín
1976 - Present
HPI: 55.33
Claudio Miranda
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.71
Deceased Chilean Film Directors
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Go to all RankingsRaúl Ruiz
1941 - 2011
HPI: 63.54
Patricio Guzmán
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.51
Alejandro Amenábar
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.28
Pablo Larraín
1976 - Present
HPI: 55.33
Claudio Miranda
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.71
