Simón Mesa Soto
Colombian film director and screenwriter
Simón Mesa Soto | |
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| Born | Medellin, Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 2014–present |
Simón Mesa Soto, is a Colombian film director and screenwriter known for his short films Leidi and Madre, and his first feature film Amparo, which had its premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
Early years
Simón Mesa Soto was born in Medellin, Colombia. Studied Audiovisual Communication at Universidad de Antioquia, where he also worked as lecturer in film editing before moving to the UK. In 2014 finished his studies in Filmmaking at London Film School. Leidi was his graduation project.
Career
His film Leidi won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[1][2]
Filmography
- Amparo (2021)
Short films
- Madre (2016)
- Leidi (2014)
- Los tiempos muertos (2009)
References
External links
- Simón Mesa Soto at IMDb
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- White Mane – Albert Lamorisse (1953)
- Blinkity Blank – Norman McLaren (1955)
- The Red Balloon – Albert Lamorisse (1956)
- Courte Histoire – Ion Popescu-Gopo (1957)
- N.Y., N.Y. – Francis Thompson (1959)
- Zmiana warty – Halina Bielinska and Włodzimierz Haupe (1959)
- La Petite cuillère – Carlos Vilardebo (1961)
- La Rivière du hibou – Robert Enrico (1961)
- À fleur d'eau – Alexander J. Seiler and Rob Gnant (1963)
- Le Haricot – Edmond Séchan (1963)
- La douceur du village – François Reichenbach (1964)
- The Price of Victory – Nobuko Shibuya (1964)
- Nyitany – János Vadász (1965)
- Skaterdater – Noel Black (1966)
- Sky Over Holland – John Fernhout (1967)
- Cîntecele Renasterii – Mirel Iliesiu (1969)
- Magic Machines – Bob Curtis (1970)
- Le Fusil à lunette – Jean Chapot (1972)
- Balablok – Bretislav Pojar (1973)
- Ostrov – Fyodor Khitruk, Edouard Nazarov and Vladimir Zouïkov (1974)
- Lautrec – Geoff Dunbar (1975)
- Metamorphosis – Barry Greenwald (1976)
- The Struggle – Marcell Jankovics (1977)
- Rowing Across the Atlantic – Jean-François Laguionie (1978)
- Harpya – Raoul Servais (1979)
- Seaside Woman – Oscar Grillo (1980)
- Moto perpetuo – Béla Vajda (1981)
- Merlin ou le cours de l'or – Arthur Joffé (1982)
- Je sais que j'ai tort mais demandez à mes copains ils disent la même chose – Pierre Levy (1983)
- Le Cheval de fer – Gérald Frydman and Pierre Levie (1984)
- Chiri – David Takaichvili (1984)
- Jenitba – Slav Bakalov and Rumen Petkov (1985)
- An Exercise in Discipline - Peel – Jane Campion (1986)
- Palisade – Laurie McInnes (1987)
- Vykrutasy – Garry Bardin (1988)
- 50 ans – Gilles Carle (1989)
- The Lunch Date – Adam Davidson (1990)
- Z podniesionymi rekami – Mitko Panov (1991)
- Omnibus – Sam Karmann (1992)
- Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere in California – Jim Jarmusch (1993)
- El héroe– Carlos Carrera (1994)
- Gagarin– Alexij Kharitidi (1995)
- Szél– Marcell Iványi (1996)
- ...Is It the Design on the Wrapper? – Tessa Sheridan (1997)
- L'Interview – Xavier Giannoli (1998)
- When the Day Breaks – Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis (1999)
- Anino – Raymond Red (2000)
- Bean Cake – David Greenspan (2001)
- Esö után – Péter Mészáros (2002)
- Cracker Bag – Glendyn Ivin (2003)
- Trafic – Cătălin Mitulescu (2004)
- Podorozhni – Igor Strembitsky (2005)
- Sniffer – Bobbie Peers (2006)
- Ver Llover – Elisa Miller (2007)
- Megatron – Marian Crisan (2008)
- Arena – João Salaviza (2009)
- Barking Island – Serge Avédikian (2010)
- Cross – Maryna Vroda (2011)
- Sessiz-Be Deng – Rezan Yeşilbaş (2012)
- Safe – Byoung-gon Moon (2013)
- Leidi – Simón Mesa Soto (2014)
- Waves '98 – Ely Dagher (2015)
- Timecode – Juanjo Giménez (2016)
- A Gentle Night - Qiu Yang (2017)
- All These Creatures – Charles Williams (2018)
- The Distance Between Us and the Sky – Vasilis Kekatos (2019)
- I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face – Sameh Alaa (2020)
- All the Crows in the World – Tang Yi (2021)
- The Water Murmurs – Jianying Chen (2022)
- 27 – Flóra Anna Buda (2023)
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