
Person
Franco de Peña
Directing · Born 1966-03-25 · Caracas, Venezuela
Biography
Franco de Peña (born 25 March 1966) is a Polish-Venezuelan film director. Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1981 de Peña began studying economics at the Universidad Central de Venezuela, but after two years left Venezuela for Montreal, where he settled. He has been an Invited Artist of the Cannes Film Festival Residence in Paris and the Berlin Kunstler Programme and Nipkow Program in Berlin. De Peña has lived in London, Barcelona before relocating to Poland in 1987. De Peña passed his entrance exams to the Łódź Film School, but had to put his plans on hold. He moved to Warsaw and studied at the Warsaw National Academy of Theatre for two years. He was finally admitted to the Łódź school and graduated in 1997.
Known for

Hotel 52
Director
King Hugo and his Damsel
Director

My Sweet Home
Alfredo

Your Name is Justine
Director
The Future of an Illusion
Director

Influence
Casting
The whispers of the wind
Director
Maybe it's sinful to pray
Director

Welcome to São Paulo
Director of Photography

Love in Concrete
Director
Filmography
- 2015InfluenceCasting
- 2010Hotel 52Director
- 2008King Hugo and his DamselDirector
- 2005Your Name is JustineDirector
- 2004Welcome to São PauloDirector of Photography
- 2004Love in ConcreteDirector
- 2001My Sweet HomeAlfredo
- 1996The Future of an IllusionDirector
- 1995The whispers of the windDirector
- 1994Maybe it's sinful to prayDirector
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