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Pablo Stoll

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Pablo Stoll
Born
Pablo Stoll

(1974-10-13)13 October 1974(age 49)
Montevideo,Uruguay
Occupation(s)film director,screenwriter

Pablo Stoll(born 13 October 1974) is aUruguayanfilm director and screenwriter.

He attended the Catholic University of Uruguay where he studiedSocial communication,it was here that he started to direct short films and his collaboration with fellow studentJuan Pablo Rebellafirst began. After graduating in 1999 he and Rebella started work on their first feature film,25 Watts(2001), it went on to win several international awards: Best Feature Film Award at theRotterdam International Film Festival,Best 1st Feature Film Award at La Habana Film Festival,FIPRESCIAward and Best Male Actor Award at the Independent Film Festival Buenos Aires.

In 2004 Stoll and Rebella released their second feature filmWhisky.It was a surprise hit at the2004 Cannes Film Festivalopening to much acclaim, winning the Regard Original Award.[1]Whiskyalso won theSundance/NHKInternational Filmmakers Award for Latin-America.

Stoll's first film following Rebella's suicide,Hiroshima(2009), is "a silent musical" in which all verbal communication was reduced to briefintertitles.

In-between his film projects Stoll works as afreelancedirector for advertising and TV.

His film3was selected to be screened in theDirectors' Fortnightsection at the2012 Cannes Film Festival.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^"Festival de Cannes: Whisky".festival-cannes.com.Retrieved2009-12-03.
  2. ^Leffler, Rebecca (24 April 2012)."Cannes 2012: Michel Gondry's 'The We & The I' to Open Director's Fortnight".The Hollywood Reporter.Retrieved2012-04-28.
  3. ^"2012 Selection".quinzaine-realisateurs.com.Directors' Fortnight.Archived fromthe originalon 2012-04-26.Retrieved2012-04-28.
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