Alejandro Amenabar
Alejandro Amenabar
Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos, commonly known as Alejandro Amenábar, is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and composer. Among other honors, he has won nine Goyas, two European Film Award and an Oscar. He has written or co-written the screenplays to all six of his movies and composed almost all of the soundtracks...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth31 March 1972
CountrySpain
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My mother used to take my brother and me to get any books we wanted, but they were second hand books published in the '30s and '40s. I liked scary books.
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What's really exciting for me is communicating to other people and not just going somewhere to make a movie. That's Hollywood to me and it would mean nothing.
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In horror movies today its lots of fast cut shot and lots of loud noises on the soundtrack. I tried to do the opposite. Playing with silence for instance.
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In horror movies today it's lots of fast cut shot and lots of loud noises on the soundtrack. I tried to do the opposite. Playing with silence for instance.