Luis Ortega

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1980-07-12 (44 years old)

Place of Birth Buenos Aires, Argentina

Also Known As Луис Ортега

Luis Ortega

Biography

Luis Ortega was born in Buenos Aires in 1980. In 1999, at the age of nineteen, he directed his first feature film, Caja Negra, which received multiple international awards and launched him as one of the most promising and innovative filmmakers in Argentina. Since then, he developed a filmography with a strong signature, becoming one of the most daring and attractive voices in the independent Latin American scene, including Monobloc, Dromómanos and Lulú. In 2015, he wrote and directed Historia De Un Clan, a widely popular and critically acclaimed eleven-episode series. In 2016, he also directed the first two episodes of the successful series El Marginal.

Known For

Director

2024
Kill the Jockey

as Director

2020
Salomé

as Director

2018
El Angel

as Director

2018
Narcos: Mexico

as Director

2016
Lulú

as Director

2015
2013
Ludmila en Cuba

as Director

2012
Dromómanos

as Director

2011
The Dirty Saints

as Director

2011
Damn Summer

as Director

2005
Monobloc

as Director

2002
Black Box

as Director

Writer

2024
Kill the Jockey

as Writer

2020
Salomé

as Writer

2018
El Angel

as Screenplay

2016
Lulú

as Writer

2015
2013
Ludmila en Cuba

as Writer

2012
Dromómanos

as Screenplay

2011
2011
Damn Summer

as Writer

2005
Monobloc

as Writer

2002
Black Box

as Writer

Producer

Luca Prodan

as Producer

2024
Kill the Jockey

as Producer

2005
Monobloc

as Post Producer

Camera

2012
Dromómanos

as Director of Photography

2002
Black Box

as Camera Operator

2002
Black Box

as Director of Photography

Actor

Crew

2019
2019
Atenas

as Thanks

Creator

2015