Cristián Leighton

Documentary filmmaker, scriptwriter and producer born in 1964 in Santiago, Chile. In 2000, he founded alongside Daniela Bunster The Documentary Production Company "Surreal Películas de la Realidad". He has directed and produced independent documentaries like The Desert Train (1995), Nema problema (2001), Ultraman (2004) and Kawase-san (2010), among others, all presented and awarded at major Chilean and international festivals such as FIDMarseille, IDFA, It's All True, DocumentaMadrid and Miami, among others. Leighton has created and directed 10 series and has filmed in more than 40 countries around the world. In April 2005, the VII Buenos Aires Independent Cinema Festival of Argentina (BAFICI), made a tribute and a retrospective about his audiovisual work. In Chile he has received the Altazor Prize for the Arts as 'Best Television Director in six opportunities. In 2007, the Chilean Senate awarded him with the "Medal of Honor" for his work in television, and in 2010 the Circle of Art Critics gave him the "Bicentennial Award" for his outstanding career.