Álvaro Brechner

Álvaro Brechner (born April 9, 1976 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Spanish-Uruguayan film director, screenwriter and producer that lives in Madrid.

He is best known for writing and directing the feature films, ''Bad Day to Go Fishing'' (''Mal Día Para Pescar''), ''Mr. Kaplan'' and ''A Twelve-Year Night'' (''La Noche de 12 Años'').

He won a Goya Award from the Academy Awards of Spain, and his films have invited to the most prestigious film festival as Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival. All his three films have been chosen as Uruguay's official selection for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Recently Variety magazine considers Brechner as one of the leading South American screen talents to emerge in the last decade,

With only 46, received the "Faro de honor" award for his career at the Santander Festival. Provided by Wikipedia