Guillermo Amoedo Schultze (born 2 March 1983 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan director and screenwriter, working in Santiago, Chile since 2007.
Amoedo is the cowriter, with Nicolás López, of the films Que Pena Tu Vida (2010), Que Pena Tu Boda (2011), Que Pena Tu Familia (2012), Mis Peores Amigos (2013) and, with Eli Roth, of the films Aftershock (2012), The Green Inferno (2013) and Knock Knock (2015).
He has also written and directed the TV films El Crack (2011), La Leyenda de El Crack (2015) and the feature films Retorno (2010) and The Stranger (2014).
Amoedo received a Bachelor of Communication at the University of Montevideo and later graduated as a Master in Screenwriting at the Universidad de los Andes, where he now teaches practice writing classes.
Filmography
Feature films Year Title Director Writer Notes2009RetornoAlso editor and executive producer2011Qué pena tu boda2012Qué pena tu familia2013The Green InfernoMis Peores Amigos: Promedio Rojo el regreso2014The StrangerAlso associate producer2015Knock, Knock2017Hazlo Como HombreThe Inhabitant2018No Estoy Loca 2019Dulce Familia 2022Me Vuelves Loca
Short films Year Title Director Writer Notes2003Memorias2004Tercera PersonaAlso editor2005La EscafandraAlso executuce producer2006El Último GloboAlso cinematographer2013The Fourth Houseman
Television Year Title Director Writer Notes2011El CrackTV movieCo-directed with Nicolás López2012Que Pena Tu SerieTV series12 episodes2015La Leyenda de El CrackTV movie2019Tu Parte del TratoTV series8 episodes Webseries Year Title Director Writer Notes2011El CrackCo-directed with Nicolás López 2013Se Venden 2016Hola Sandra
Awards Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival Won, Blood Window Award to the Best Iberoamerican Film, "The Stranger" (2014) Nominated, Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver, Official Fantàstic Panorama Selection, "Mis peores amigos: Promedio rojo el regreso" (2013)
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