Pedro Peirano
Peirano in 2015
Born
Pedro Pablo Peirano Olate

(1972-12-25) December 25, 1972
Santiago, Chile
Occupation(s)Director, screenwriter, artist and actor
Years active1996 - present
Awards

Pedro Pablo Peirano Olate (born December 25, 1972) is a Chilean director, screenwriter, journalist, cartoonist and television producer. He wrote the film No (script developed from a theatrical monologue written by Antonio Skármeta), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in January 2013.

Biography

Peirano was born on December 25 and as a result, as a child, he claims to have believed he had the same powers as Jesus.[6] He studied at Los Sagrados Corazones school in Santiago, where he edited the student publication El Vikingo (The Viking) from 1989 to 1990. He then studied journalism at the University of Chile where he met Álvaro Díaz, who would later become his partner in creating the TV production company Aplaplac.[7][8]

Among Peirano's earliest professional works were the TV series Plan Z (1997), which he co-wrote, and El Factor Humano (The Human Factor, 1998), which he co-directed with former classmate Álvaro Díaz. Both shows were social satires exploring absurd humour and political incorrectness, though Plan Z used a comedy sketch show format while El Factor Humano took the form of a journalistic documentary series. El Factor Humano won an Altazor national art prize in 2000.[9]

In 2000, Peirano published the first editions of the popular and enduring comic strip “Chancho Cero” (Zero Pig), which appeared in the children's magazine of the prestigious Chilean national newspaper El Mercurio. In 2002, Peirano published a compilation book of the strip, which was later re-edited and re-released in 2006.[10]

Peirano teamed up with Álvaro Díaz again in 2002 to create the TV production company Aplaplac. One of their first projects was the successful satirical puppet show 31 Minutos (31 Minutes), launched in 2003 on Chile's national TV channel TVN. The show was so popular that it was turned into a movie, 31 Minutos, La Película, in 2008[11] and won Altazor awards for both directing and writing in 2004.[12]

Pedro has achieved international recognition as the co-writer of the successful films The Maid (2009),[13] with Sebastián Silva, and No (2012).[14] Peirano resumed his successful partnership with The Maid's Sebastián Silva in 2011 to co-write and co-direct Gatos Viejos (Old Cats).[15] No, which dealt with the Chilean national plebiscite of 1988, has been nominated for Best Foreign Film in the 85th Academy Awards. Peirano also co-wrote the film Joven y Alocada (Young and Wild, 2012) which won the World Cinema Screenwriting Award at the 2012 Sundance Festival.[16][17]

In 2012, Peirano released the graphic novel El Club de los Juguetes Perdidos (The Lost Toys Club).[18]

Filmography

Director

Cinema

TV

  • Las vacaciones de Tulio y el pequeño Tim (2009). Children's series. Codirector with Álvaro Díaz.
  • Sangre, sudor y lágrimas (serie) (2004). Documentary mini series. Codirector with Álvaro Díaz.
  • Los dibujos de Bruno Kulczewski (2004). Children's series. Codirector with Álvaro Díaz.
  • 31 minutos (2003). Children's series. Codirector with Álvaro Díaz.
  • Mira tú (2002). Mini series. Codirector with Álvaro Díaz.
  • Nunca digas nunca jamás (1998). Documentary mini series. Codirector with Álvaro Díaz.
  • El factor humano (1998). Comedy documentary series. Codirector with Álvaro Díaz.

Screenwriter

Cinema

TV

  • Las vacaciones de Tulio y el pequeño Tim (2009); co-writer.
  • Niño santo (2011); series.
  • 31 Minutos (2003); co-writer.
  • Mira tú (2002); co-writer.
  • Plan Z(TV show) (1997); co-writer.

Actor

Cine

TV

Cartoonist

Peirano, as a cartoonist and writer, is the author of the following comics:

  • Las aventuras de Toñito Talón (1998); published in the supplement “Club del Ingenio” from Chilean newspaper ‘’Las Últimas Noticias’’
  • El computador loco (2004); published in the supplement “Timón” from newspaper El Mercurio
  • Chancho Cero (2000) published in the supplement Zona de Contacto from El Mercurio; and in a compilation book in 2002 and 2006.
  • Las excelentes aventuras de Timón el legendario (2004); published in the supplement “Timón” from El Mercurio.[20]
  • El club de los juguetes perdidos (2012).[21]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Tras el triunfo en Sundance “Joven y Alocada” viaja al festival de cine de Berlín The Clinic Online, 29 January 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  2. ↑ Violeta su fue a los cielos y Joven y alocada triunfan en Festival Sundance La Tercera, 29 January 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  3. ↑ Altazor Award website Archived 2014-05-29 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  4. ↑ Altazor Award website Archived 2014-05-29 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  5. ↑ Altazor Award website Archived 2014-05-29 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  6. ↑ Pedro Peirano: Haciendolas todas Sofía Aldea, Revista Paula, 27 September 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013
  7. ↑ http://aplaplac.cl/ Aplaplac website
  8. ↑ Pedro Peirano Goodreads.com. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  9. ↑ Altazor Award website Archived 2014-05-29 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  10. ↑ Pedro Peirano Goodreads.com. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  11. ↑ 31 Minutos La Película Archived 2013-01-04 at the Wayback Machine IMDb.es. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  12. ↑ Altazor Award website Archived 2014-05-29 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  13. ↑ The Maid: review Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, Thursday 26 August 2010 Retrieved February 2013
  14. ↑ No is a cleverly filmed celebration of freedom in advertising Daniel Walder, www.filmschoolrejects.com, 13 October 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013
  15. ↑ Creadores de la nana y de 31 minutos estrenan su nueva pelicula, Gatos Viejos Camila Gutiérrez, The Clinic Online, 21 November 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  16. ↑ Tras el triunfo en Sundance “Joven y Alocada” viaja al festival de cine de Berlín The Clinic Online, 29 January 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  17. ↑ Violeta su fue a los cielos y Joven y alocada triunfan en Festival Sundance La Tercera, 29 January 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  18. ↑ Pedro Peirano: Nunca haria also demasiado para niños como Teletubbie Melissa Gutierrez, The Clinic, 9 November 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  19. ↑ Creadores de la nana y de 31 minutos estrenan su nueva pelicula, Gatos Viejos Camila Gutiérrez, The Clinic Online, 21 November 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  20. ↑ Habla el autor de "Chancho Cero": El factor Peirano. Alejandro Morales Vargas. Retrieved February 2013
  21. ↑ http://www.rhm.cl/fichalibro/?isbn=9789568228446.
  22. ↑ Altazor Award Web Archived 2014-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
  23. ↑ Altazor Award Web Archived 2012-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
  24. ↑ Altazor Awards Web Archived 2013-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
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