Ignacio Agüero

Ignacio Agüero was born in Santiago in 1952 and studied architecture and cinema at the Catholic University of Chile. His first short film, shot half in secret about a massacre of peasants by the police, received the grand prize at the Bilbao festival in 1982, according to Punto de Vista. He worked in advertising and in 1988 was among the directors of the television campaign for the “no”. He teaches documentary at the University of Chile, where he coordinates a master's programme, and continues a body of work awarded prizes in Mannheim and Guadalajara.

In the catalogue 1

• Cinema100 Children Waiting for a TrainCien niños esperando un trenIgnacio Agüero · 1988Cinema