Pablo Stoll is a Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

an film director and screenwriter.

He attended the Catholic University of Uruguay where he studied Social communication

Social communication

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, it was here that he started to direct short films and his collaboration with fellow student Juan Pablo Rebella

Juan Pablo Rebella

Juan Pablo Rebella was an Uruguayan film director and screenwriter.He attended the Catholic University of Uruguay where he studied social communication, it was here that he started to direct short films and his collaboration with fellow student Pablo Stoll first began.After graduating in 1999 he...

 first began. After graduating in 1999 he and Rebella started work on their first feature film, 25 Watts

25 Watts

25 watts is a 2001 Uruguayan urban comedy drama film directed and written by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll. The independent film picture stars Daniel Hendler, Jorge Temponi, and Alfonso Tort...

(2001), it went on to win several international awards: Best Feature Film Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, Best 1st Feature Film Award at La Habana Film Festival, FIPRESCI

FIPRESCI

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 Award and Best Male Actor Award at the Independent Film Festival Buenos Aires.
In 2004 Stoll and Rebella released their second feature film Whisky

Whisky (film)

Whisky is an Argentine-German-Spanish-Uruguayan tragicomedy film directed by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll and released in 2004. The film stars Andrés Pazos, Mirella Pascual, Jorge Bolani, Ana Katz, and Daniel Hendler. It has very sparse dialogue and the three principal actors play very...

it was a surprise hit at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival

2004 Cannes Film Festival

The 2004 Cannes Film Festival started on May 12 and ran until May 23. The Palme d'Or went to the American film Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore.-Jury:* Quentin Tarantino, President * Emmanuelle Béart * Edwidge Danticat * Tilda Swinton...

 opening to much acclaim, winning the Regard Original Award. Whisky also won the Sundance

Sundance Institute

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/NHK

NHK

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 International Filmmakers Award for Latin-America.

In-between his film projects Stoll works as a freelance

Freelancer

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director for advertising and TV.

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