The Most Famous
FILM DIRECTORS from Colombia
This page contains a list of the greatest Colombian Film Directors. The pantheon dataset contains 2,041 Film Directors, 2 of which were born in Colombia. This makes Colombia the birth place of the 69th most number of Film Directors behind Peru, and Thailand.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Colombian Film Directors of all time. This list of famous Colombian Film Directors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Rodrigo García (b. 1959)
With an HPI of 54.53, Rodrigo García is the most famous Colombian Film Director. His biography has been translated into 22 different languages on wikipedia.
Rodrigo García Barcha (born 24 August 1959) is a Colombian and Mexican television and film director, screenwriter, author and former cinematographer, best known for his films Nine Lives (2005), Mother and Child (2009), Albert Nobbs (2011), Last Days in the Desert (2015), as well as his work on the HBO drama series In Treatment. He also created, wrote, and directed the award-winning web series Blue (2012–2015), starring Julia Stiles, for which he won an IAWTV Award in 2014. In 2021 García released his first memoir, A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son's Memoir of Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha.
2. Ciro Guerra (b. 1981)
With an HPI of 43.78, Ciro Guerra is the 2nd most famous Colombian Film Director. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
Ciro Guerra (born 6 February 1981) is a Colombian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2015 film Embrace of the Serpent, which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, and for The Wind Journeys, selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Colombian film directors born between 1959 and 1981. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Colombian film directors include Rodrigo García, and Ciro Guerra.
