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Tristán Bauer

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Tristán Bauer
Minister of Culture
In office
10 December 2019 – 10 December 2023
PresidentAlberto Fernández
Preceded byPablo Avelluto (as Secretary of Culture)
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born (1959-06-22) 22 June 1959 (age 65)
Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Political partyIndependent
OccupationFilm producer
Television producer

Tristán Bauer (born 22 June 1959) is an Argentine film maker,[1][2] screenwriter and politician. From 2019 to 2023, he served as Argentina's Minister of Culture in the cabinet of President Alberto Fernández.[3]

He breakout film was the 1991 drama Después de la tormenta ("After the Storm"), which received the New Directors Award at the 1990 San Sebastián Festival and eight Silver Condor awards, including best picture and best director.[4][5] He also received the best director and best picture Silver Condor Awards for his documentary Cortázar (1994), and best artistic direction and best screenplay adaptation for Iluminados por el fuego (2005);[6] the latter of which also received the Goya Award for best foreign film in the Spanish language.[7]

From 2008 to 2013, Bauer served as director of the National Media System of Argentina. He was responsible for the foundation of Canal Encuentro, a TV network dependent on Argentina's Ministry of Education, and is a member of the board of directors of the Venezuelan government's propaganda network Telesur.[3]

Filmography

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Director

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  1. Tierra Arrasada (2019)
  2. El Camino De Santiago (2018)
  3. Che, un hombre nuevo (2010)
  4. Iluminados por el fuego (2005)
  5. Los libros y la noche (1999)
  6. Evita, una tumba sin paz, mediometraje (1997)
  7. Cortázar (1994)
  8. El oficio de amar, mediometraje (1993)
  9. Después de la tormenta (1991)
  10. Ni tan blancos, ni tan indios, short film (1984)

Screenwriter

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  1. Iluminados por el fuego (2005)
  2. Los libros y la noche (1999)
  3. Cortázar (1994)
  4. Después de la tormenta (1991)

References

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  1. ^ Gill, Nicholas; Greenspan, Eliot; Blore, Shawn; Charlie O'Malley; Alexandra de Vries; Christie Pashby; Neil E. Schlecht; Jisel Perilla (28 June 2010). Frommer's South America. Frommer's. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-470-59155-0. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  2. ^ Bao, Sandra; Clark, Gregor; Symington, Andy; Bridget Gleeson; Lucas Vidgen (1 August 2010). Argentina. Lonely Planet. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-74179-464-9. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Quién es Tristán Bauer, el nuevo ministro de Cultura de la Nación". Infobae (in Spanish). 6 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. ^ "DESPUÉS DE LA TORMENTA". San Sebastian Film Festival (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  5. ^ Figueras, Marcelo (19 December 2012). "TRISTÁN BAUER: "CREO EN LA POTENCIA DEL TALENTO"". Noticias UNSAM (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  6. ^ "El cineasta Tristán Bauer estará a cargo de Cultura, que recupera el rango de Ministerio". El Litoral (in Spanish). 6 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Premios Goya 2006". elmundo.es (in Spanish). 2006. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

See also

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