Alicia Scherson (born 1974 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, and producer. [1]
Scherson studied filmmaking in the Escuela de Cine de Cuba [2] and in 1999 received a Fulbright Scholarship to study for a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago. [3] [4]
Scherson's debut film Play was awarded Best Director at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival. [5] The Times called Play a "doozy of a showreel," but also criticized its "sketchy emotional construction." [6] Scherson's second film, Tourists, was selected for the 2009 Tiger Awards Competition. [7]
Scherson collaborated with author Alejandro Zambra on Vida de Familia, a film based on one of his stories. [8] The 80 minute feature was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017.
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | Crying Underwater | Yes | Yes | Yes | (short) |
2005 | Baño de mujeres | Yes | No | No | (short) |
Play | Yes | Yes | No | ||
2009 | Optical Illusions | No | Yes | No | directed by Cristián Jiménez |
Tourists | Yes | Yes | Yes | (executive producer) | |
2011 | Verano | No | No | Yes | directed by José Luis Torres Leiva |
2012 | Copia imperfecta: para Raúl Ruiz | No | No | Yes | (short) directed by José Luis Torres Leiva |
2013 | Las Analfabetas | No | No | Yes | directed by Moisés Sepúlveda |
Il Futuro | Yes | Yes | No | ||
2015 | El Bosque de Karadima | No | Yes | No | directed by Matías Lira |
El Bosque de Karadima: La Serie | No | Yes | No | (TV mini-series) (1 episode)- "La Iniciación" | |
Rara | No | Yes | No | directed by Pepa San Martín | |
Las Plantas | No | No | Yes | directed by Roberto Doveris | |
2017 | Vida de Familia | Yes | Yes | No | (co-directed with Cristián Jiménez) |
2019 | Invisible Heroes | Yes | No | No | Chilean-Finnish TV series |
Alicia Scherson (born 1974 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, and producer. [1]
Scherson studied filmmaking in the Escuela de Cine de Cuba [2] and in 1999 received a Fulbright Scholarship to study for a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago. [3] [4]
Scherson's debut film Play was awarded Best Director at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival. [5] The Times called Play a "doozy of a showreel," but also criticized its "sketchy emotional construction." [6] Scherson's second film, Tourists, was selected for the 2009 Tiger Awards Competition. [7]
Scherson collaborated with author Alejandro Zambra on Vida de Familia, a film based on one of his stories. [8] The 80 minute feature was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017.
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | Crying Underwater | Yes | Yes | Yes | (short) |
2005 | Baño de mujeres | Yes | No | No | (short) |
Play | Yes | Yes | No | ||
2009 | Optical Illusions | No | Yes | No | directed by Cristián Jiménez |
Tourists | Yes | Yes | Yes | (executive producer) | |
2011 | Verano | No | No | Yes | directed by José Luis Torres Leiva |
2012 | Copia imperfecta: para Raúl Ruiz | No | No | Yes | (short) directed by José Luis Torres Leiva |
2013 | Las Analfabetas | No | No | Yes | directed by Moisés Sepúlveda |
Il Futuro | Yes | Yes | No | ||
2015 | El Bosque de Karadima | No | Yes | No | directed by Matías Lira |
El Bosque de Karadima: La Serie | No | Yes | No | (TV mini-series) (1 episode)- "La Iniciación" | |
Rara | No | Yes | No | directed by Pepa San Martín | |
Las Plantas | No | No | Yes | directed by Roberto Doveris | |
2017 | Vida de Familia | Yes | Yes | No | (co-directed with Cristián Jiménez) |
2019 | Invisible Heroes | Yes | No | No | Chilean-Finnish TV series |