Marcelo Figueras
Encyclopedia
Marcelo Figueras is a writer and a screenwriter.
Nominated
Novels
- El muchacho peronista
- El espía del tiempo, (2002)
- Kamchatka, 2003 (published in English in 2010 translated by Frank WynneFrank WynneFrank Wynne is an Irish literary translator and writer.Born in Co. Sligo, Ireland, he worked as a comics editor at Fleetway and later at Deadline magazine . He worked for a time at AOL before becoming a literary translator...
) - La batalla del calentamiento, (2007)
- Aquarium (2009).
Filmography (Screenplays)
- Rosario Tijeras (2005)
- Peligrosa obsesión (2004)
- KamchatkaKamchatka (film)Kamchatka is an Argentine and Spanish drama film directed by Marcelo Piñeyro and written by Piñeyro and Marcelo Figueras. The movie features Ricardo Darín, Cecilia Roth, Tomás Fonzi, Héctor Alterio, among others....
(2002) - Plata quemadaPlata QuemadaPlata quemada is an Argentine film directed by Marcelo Piñeyro, and written by Piñeyro and Marcelo Figueras.The film won, among other awards, the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film in 2001....
(2000) aka Burnt Money and Burning Money
Awards
Wins- Cartagena Film FestivalCartagena Film FestivalThe Cartagena Film Festival, or Festival Internacional de Cine y T.V. de Cartagena de Indias. is a Colombian film festival which focuses on the promotion of Colombian television programs, Latin American films, and videos...
: Golden India Catalina Award; Best Screenplay for Kamchatka, 2003. - Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor Award; Best Adapted Screenplay, for Plata quemada, 2001.
Nominated
- Ariel Awards: Silver Ariel Award; Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Source, for Rosario Tijeras, Mexico, 2006.
- Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor Award; Best Original Screenplay, for Kamchatka, 2003.