Gustavo Graef Marino

Director, screenwriter and producer of feature films and series in Chile, Germany and the U.S. Gustavo came to fame with his gritty, critically acclaimed thriller Johnny 100 Pesos which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 1994, screened at TIFF that same year, and received numerous awards and rave reviews across the world. It was released theatrically in the United States and went on to become an international hit in Latin America, Europe and Asia. The film was the Chilean submission to the "Best Foreign Language Film" category at the 1994 Academy Awards, the Oscar; as well as the Chilean submission for the Spanish Goya. Gustavo started his film career in Germany writing and directing the English language picture The voice, starring Jon Finch, Suzanna Hamilton, Ian Dury Uwe Ochsenknecht, Richy Müller. He went on to direct the theatrically released and HBO Premiere action thriller Diplomatic Siege starring Darryl Hannah, Tom Berenger and Peter Weller; and the USA Network Premiere Instinct to kill, a thriller starring Marc Dacascos based in the best-selling novel The perfect husband, by Lisa Gardner. He wins the prestigious Altazor award for his TV movies Balmaceda, and Prat reaches record audience in Chile. Directs and produces the 10 episodes series Cobre, winner of the prestigious Chilean CNTV financing award. President of the Jury at the Latin American Cinema Award at the Sundance Film Festival 1999; and in 2018 he is a member of the Jury of the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival. His feature film Johnny 100 Pesos - 20 Years and A Day Later, a sequel to his successful 1993 "Johnny 100 Pesos", was theatrically released in Chile in 2017 and sold around the world since 2018. In 2023 he directs, writes, and produces his latest feature film, the drama El Vacío /The Emptiness.