Cristián JIMENEZ

Cristián Jiménez was born in Valdivia, Chile in 1975. Before becoming a filmmaker, he wrote short stories and studied sociology in Santiago de Chile, Heidelberg and London. His first feature film, Ilusiones Ópticas, a deadpan dramatic comedy (or comic drama) where different lives intersect during a grey winter in Valdivia, was premiered in San Sebastián in 2009. He wrote and directed several short films, among them El Tesoro de los Caracoles and XX, co-wrote the feature films 199 Recetas para ser Feli” and Los Debutantes, and worked as a TV producer in the UK during 3 years. Two of his videos have been exhibited in art galleries in Chile and Bolivia. He’s currently developing his next feature project and working as a lecturer at two Chilean film schools. As a child his dream was to become a stand-up comedian.