Born in Santiago de Chile in 1979, he studied film in Chile and animation in Montreal. He made his feature debut with Life Kills Me in 2007 and then won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival with The Maid in 2009. Old Cats premiered at the New York Film Festival in 2010. Magic Magic, made in the same year as Crystal Fairy (2012) screened at the Sundance Film Festival as well as at Cannes in 2013.

Filmography

Nasty Baby (2015), Magic Magic (2013), Crystal Fairy & The Magical Cactus (2013), Old Cats (2010), La nana (2009), La vida me mata (2007)