Álvaro Brechner
Álvaro Brechner (born April 9, 1976 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Spanish-Uruguayan film director, screenwriter and producer that lives in Madrid.He is best known for writing and directing the feature films, Bad Day to Go Fishing (Mal Día Para Pescar), Mr. Kaplan and A Twelve-Year Night (La Noche de 12 Años).[2] Recently Variety magazine considers Brechner as one of the leading South American screen talents to emerge in the last decade,[3] With only 46, received the "Faro de honor" award for his career at the Santander Festival.In 1999 he earned a master's degree in creative documentary at the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.[9] In 2014 Brechner was highlighted by Variety as one of the Up Next 10, a list of the most interesting directors and producers emerging from Latin America.