Alicia Scherson
Chilean film director, producer and screenwriter
Alicia Scherson (born 1974) is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, and producer.
Biography
Scherson studied filmmaking in the Escuela de Cine de Cuba and in 1999 received a Fulbright Scholarship to study for a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Scherson's debut film Play was awarded Best Director at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival. The Times called Play a "doozy of a showreel," but also criticized its "sketchy emotional construction." Scherson's second film, Tourists, was selected for the 2009 Tiger Awards Competition.
Scherson collaborated with author Alejandro Zambra on Vida de Familia, a film based on one of his stories. The 80 minute feature was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017.
Filmography
As a writer
2017 Vida de Familia
2015 El Bosque de Karadima: La Serie (TV mini-series) (1 episode)- "La Iniciación"
2015 Rara
2015 El Bosque de Karadima (written by)
2013 Il Futuro (written by)
2009 Optical Illusions (writer)
2009 Tourists (writer)
2005 Play
2002 Crying Underwater (short)
As a director
2017 Vida de Familia (co-directed with Cristián Jiménez)
2013 Il Futuro
2009 Tourists
2005 Baño de mujeres (short)
2005 Play
2002 Crying Underwater (short)
As a producer
2015 Las Plantas (associate producer)
2013 Las Analfabetas (co-producer)
2011 Verano (executive producer)
2009 Tourists (executive producer)
2002 Crying Underwater (short) (producer)
As an actress
2011 Verano - Turista Sewell
2005 Play - Woman at Photomat (uncredited)
2001 Time's Up!
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