Alejandro Amenábar

Birthday: 31 March 1972, Santiago de Chile, Chile

Birth Name: Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos

Is the son of a Spanish mother and a Chilean father. His family moved back to Spain when he was 1 year old, and he grew up and studied in Madrid. He wrote, produced and directed his first short film L ...Show More

I don't consider myself a dark person. I just like to play with dark characters. I don't consider myself a dark person. I just like to play with dark characters.

[on Abre los ojos (1997)] I started developing the idea in the middle of a fever. I had a cold and s Show more [on Abre los ojos (1997)] I started developing the idea in the middle of a fever. I had a cold and spent a few days in bed and it was there that I started developing the idea. Hide

My movies are not movies of answers but of questions. My movies are not movies of answers but of questions.

[on Vanilla Sky (2001)] I felt very honored and very excited. It's been weird because watching the s Show more [on Vanilla Sky (2001)] I felt very honored and very excited. It's been weird because watching the same story done with a completely different tone, it was so weird. I remember when I saw the film for the first time, I kept thinking, "Well, I would have done this differently." But then I realized, "Well, of course, I've already done it!" So that's the point that's interesting to me. He [Cameron Crowe] really made his film. It's like the same song with two different voices. That's what I appreciate about it. Plus the buttload of money. Hide

In Hollywood you always feel a bit like a hake. The publicists march people up and down in front of Show more In Hollywood you always feel a bit like a hake. The publicists march people up and down in front of you and they interview you ... You feel like the turbot and the sea-bream go by, and you're the hake. Hide

I don't dream too much, or I don't remember what it is I dream. But I guess that the world of percep Show more I don't dream too much, or I don't remember what it is I dream. But I guess that the world of perception, and the world of perspective, and the world of desire, interests me. And that has to do with dreams. And actually, going to the movies is like dreaming, isn't it? Hide

Alejandro Amenábar's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (5) as Director (3) as Creator (5)

Spanish Movie [Audio: Spanish]

Vanilla Sky

Agora

Regression

Open Your Eyes (Abre los ojos)

Spectre (Películas para no dormir: Regreso a Moira)

Drag Race Espana - Season 2 [Sub: Eng]

The Sea Inside (Mar adentro) [Sub: Eng]

Drag Race Espana - Season 1 [Sub: Eng]

The Others (2001)