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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1980-07-12 (44 years old)

Place of Birth

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Luis Ortega

Biography:

Luis Ortega was born in Buenos Aires in 1980. In 1999, at the age of nineteen, he directed his first feature film, Caja Negra, which received multiple international awards and launched him as one of the most promising and innovative filmmakers in Argentina. Since then, he developed a filmography with a strong signature, becoming one of the most daring and attractive voices in the independent Latin American scene, including Monobloc, Dromómanos and Lulú. In 2015, he wrote and directed Historia De Un Clan, a widely popular and critically acclaimed eleven-episode series. In 2016, he also directed the first two episodes of the successful series El Marginal.

Known For

Acting

2022

2011

Directing

2024

Kill the Jockey as Director

2020

Salomé as Director

2018

El Angel as Director
Narcos: Mexico as Director

2016

Lulú as Director

2015

2013

Ludmila en Cuba as Director
Dromómanos as Director

2011

The Dirty Saints as Director
Damn Summer as Director

2005

Monobloc as Director

2002

Black Box as Director

-

Magnetizado as Director

Writing

2024

Kill the Jockey as Writer

2020

Salomé as Writer

2018

El Angel as Screenplay

2016

Lulú as Writer

2015

2013

Ludmila en Cuba as Writer
Dromómanos as Screenplay

2011

Damn Summer as Writer

2005

Monobloc as Writer

2002

Black Box as Writer

Production

2024

Kill the Jockey as Producer

2005

Monobloc as Post Producer

-

Luca Prodan as Producer

Camera

2013

Dromómanos as Director of Photography

2002

Black Box as Camera Operator
Black Box as Director of Photography

Crew

2019

Atenas as Thanks

Creator

2015