Daniel Burman

Daniel Burman (2013)

Daniel Burman (born August 29, 1973 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine film director.

Life

Burman presented his first short film in Argentina in 1995 while still a film student. In 1998 he made his debut with his first feature film. With his third feature film Every Stewardess Goes to Heaven , he came to Germany for the Berlinale for the first time and showed his film in the Panorama section. With his next film El Abrazo partido he was invited to the competition of the International Film Festival in Berlin in 2004 and won the Grand Jury Prize. Its main actor Daniel Hendler received the Silver Bear for best actor. He opened the Panorama Special section at the Berlin Film Festival in 2006 with his film Derecho di familia . He gained further film experience as a co-producer of the film The Journey of Young Che , directed by the Brazilian director Walter Salles . His films El abrazo partido (2004), La suerte en tus manos (2012) and El rey del Once (2016) are set in the Jewish community of Buenos Aires.

Honors

• El abrazo partido was submitted as the Argentine entry for the best foreign language film at the 2004 Academy Awards , but was not nominated by the Academy in this category.
• El abrazo partido took part in the 2004 Berlinale as a competition entry and won the Grand Jury Prize ; Daniel Hendler was awarded the Silver Bear for best actor for his interpretation of the main character of Ariel .

Web links

• Daniel Burman at the Internet Movie Database (English)

literature

• Klaus Semsch: New locations. 'El nuevo cine latinoamericano' in search of a global place . In: K. Semsch (Ed.), Nation und Region. On the topicality of intracultural processes in global Romania. Lit Verlag , Berlin / Münster, 2011. pp. 109–132.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.americancinematheque.com/archive1999/2004/argentinecinema2004.htm accessed on February 12, 2016