Luis Ortega

Luis Ortega

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Buenos Aires, Argentina
July 12, 1980

Biography

Luis Ortega was born in Buenos Aires in 1980. In 1999, at the age of nineteen, he directed his first feature film, Caja Negra, which received multiple international awards and launched him as one of the most promising and innovative filmmakers in Argentina. Since then, he developed a filmography with a strong signature, becoming one of the most daring and attractive voices in the independent Latin American scene, including Monobloc, Dromómanos and Lulú. In 2015, he wrote and directed Historia De Un Clan, a widely popular and critically acclaimed eleven-episode series. In 2016, he also directed the first two episodes of the successful series El Marginal.

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Luis Ortega 1
Luis Ortega 2

Representative Works

El Angel
El Angel
7.4
/ Spanish
Salomé
Salomé
No Rating Yet
/ Spanish
Kill the Jockey
Kill the Jockey
6.7
/ Spanish
Black Box
Black Box
5.6
/ Spanish
Magnetized
Magnetized
No Rating Yet
/ Spanish
Lluvia de jaulas
Lluvia de jaulas
6.1
/ Spanish
Always Night
Always Night
No Rating Yet
/ Spanish
Macadam
Macadam
2.0
/ Spanish
Time Fate Love
Time Fate Love
No Rating Yet
/ Spanish
Monobloc
Monobloc
5.4
/ Spanish
Atenas
Atenas
6.7
/ Spanish
Nocturnos
Nocturnos
No Rating Yet
/ Spanish

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

El Angel
2018Nominee

Best Director

El Angel

Salomé
2020Nominee

Best Director

Salomé

Kill the Jockey
2024Nominee

Best Director

Kill the Jockey

Career Highlights

Black Box
2002Highlight

Best Director

Black Box

Magnetized
Highlight

Best Director

Magnetized