The Most Famous
FILM DIRECTORS from Uruguay
This page contains a list of the greatest Uruguayan Film Directors. The pantheon dataset contains 2,041 Film Directors, 1 of which were born in Uruguay. This makes Uruguay the birth place of the 102nd most number of Film Directors behind Venezuela, and Jordan.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Uruguayan Film Directors of all time. This list of famous Uruguayan Film Directors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Fede Álvarez (b. 1978)
With an HPI of 43.99, Fede Álvarez is the most famous Uruguayan Film Director. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
Federico Javier Álvarez Mattos (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈfeð̞e]; born February 9, 1978) is a Uruguayan filmmaker. He is best known for directing the films Evil Dead (2013), Don't Breathe (2016), and Alien: Romulus (2024).
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Uruguayan film directors born between 1978 and 1978. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Uruguayan film directors include Fede Álvarez.
