Guillermo Amoedo

Guillermo Amoedo
Amoedo on the set of the movie El Habitante
Born
Guillermo Amoedo Schultze

(1983-03-02) March 2, 1983 (age 41)
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, film producer, film editor
Years active2003 – present

Guillermo Amoedo Schultze (born 2 March 1983 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan director and screenwriter, working in Santiago, Chile since 2007.

Amoedo is the cowriter, with Nicolás López, of the films Que Pena Tu Vida (2010), Que Pena Tu Boda (2011), Que Pena Tu Familia (2012), Mis Peores Amigos (2013) and, with Eli Roth, of the films Aftershock (2012), The Green Inferno (2013) and Knock Knock (2015).

He has also written and directed the TV films El Crack (2011), La Leyenda de El Crack (2015) and the feature films Retorno (2010) and The Stranger (2014).

Amoedo received a Bachelor of Communication at the University of Montevideo and later graduated as a Master in Screenwriting at the Universidad de los Andes, where he now teaches practice writing classes.

Filmography

Feature films

Year Title Director Writer Notes
2009 Retorno Yes Yes Also editor and executive producer
2011 Qué pena tu boda No Yes
2012 Qué pena tu familia No Yes
2013 The Green Inferno No Yes
Mis Peores Amigos: Promedio Rojo el regreso No Yes
2014 The Stranger Yes Yes Also associate producer
2015 Knock, Knock No Yes
2017 Hazlo Como Hombre No Yes
The Inhabitant Yes Yes
2018 No Estoy Loca No Yes
2019 Dulce Familia No Yes
2022 Me Vuelves Loca No Yes

Short films

Year Title Director Writer Notes
2003 Memorias Yes Yes
2004 Tercera Persona Yes Yes Also editor
2005 La Escafandra Yes Yes Also executuce producer
2006 El Último Globo Yes Yes Also cinematographer
2013 The Fourth Houseman Yes Yes

Television

Year Title Director Writer Notes
2011 El Crack Yes Yes TV movie
Co-directed with Nicolás López
2012 Que Pena Tu Serie No Yes TV series
12 episodes
2015 La Leyenda de El Crack Yes Yes TV movie
2019 Tu Parte del Trato No Yes TV series
8 episodes

Webseries

Year Title Director Writer Notes
2011 El Crack Yes Yes Co-directed with Nicolás López
2013 Se Venden No Yes
2016 Hola Sandra No Yes

Awards

Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival
Won, Blood Window Award to the Best Iberoamerican Film, "The Stranger" (2014)
Nominated, Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver, Official Fantàstic Panorama Selection, "Mis peores amigos: Promedio rojo el regreso" (2013)

References

Further reading

  • Gorman, Howard (May 8, 2013). "Guillermo Amoedo Discusses Aftershock and The Green Inferno". Cinema Sauce. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  • "Guillermo Amoedo". Universidad de los Andes (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2014.