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Aliases: Miguel Ernesto Littín Cucumides , 米盖尔·里廷

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Palmilla, O'Higgins, Chile

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Movie Involvements: 35

TV Involvements: 3


Most Famous Work

Biography

Miguel Ernesto Littín Cucumides is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, film producer and novelist. Miguel Littín directed the most popular Chilean film of all times, El Chacal de Nahueltoro (1969) becoming a figure of the New Latin American Cinema. In México he directed several films. Letters from Marusia, based on a miners strike in Chile. Letters from Marusia was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. El Recurso del Método (Long Live the President) based on the Alejo Carpentier's book El Recurso del método (Reasons of State) a co-production with Mexico,France and Cuba. The Widow of Montiel with Geraldine Chaplin based on a Gabriel García Márquez short story. Then he went to Nicaragua to do Alsino and the Condor, based the novel Alsino by Pedro Prado. In 1981 he was a member of the jury at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. He moved to Spain in 1984, Littín decided to enter Chile clandestine to do a documentary that showed the condition of the country under the Pinochet's regime. It was made the subject of Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez's book Clandestine in Chile: The Adventures of Miguel Littin. He eventually returned to Chile where he continued to make films, among them Tierra del Fuego based on the adventures of Julius Popper an explorer and Dawson, Isla 10, about a group of political prisoners sent to Dawson's island during Pinochet's regime. Littín was the mayor of his home town in the center valley, Palmilla in 1992-94 and re-elected for the period 1996-2000. His films Actas de Marusia and Alsino and the Condor were nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Film in a Foreign Language. Alsino and the Condor won the Golden Prize at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. His 2005 film The Last Moon was entered into the 27th Moscow International Film Festival.

Most Famous Work

La vida es una lotería
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3
Jackal of Nahueltoro
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7

Jackal of Nahueltoro

(1970) Writer
Sandino
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6

Sandino

(1990) Screenplay
Letters from Marusia
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5

Letters from Marusia

(1975) Writer
The Promised Land
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5

The Promised Land

(1973) Screenplay
Chile: A Genral Record
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6

Chile: A Genral Record

(1986) Director
Allende en su laberinto
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7

Allende en su laberinto

(2014) Writer
Alsino and the Condor
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5

Alsino and the Condor

(1982) Writer

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2020 Self - Filmmaker and TV Director for Canal 9 (1963 - 1973)
2018 Self - Filmmaker
2015 Self
2011 Self (archive footage)
1987 Fernando de los Ríos
1967 N/A
1965 N/A
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Directing

Writing

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2009 Executive Producer
2005 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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