Alicia Scherson
Alicia Scherson is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, and producer.Biography
Scherson studied filmmaking in the Escuela de Cine de Cuba and in 1999 received a Fulbright Scholarship to study for a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Scherson's debut film Play was awarded Best Director at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival. The Times called Play a "doozy of a showreel," but also criticized its "sketchy emotional construction." Scherson's second film, Tourists, was selected for the 2009 Tiger Awards Competition.
Scherson collaborated with author Alejandro Zambra on Vida de Familia, a film based on one of his stories. The 80 minute feature was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017.Filmography
As a writer
- 2017 Vida de Familia
- 2015 El Bosque de Karadima: La Serie - "La Iniciación"
- 2015 Rara
- 2015 El Bosque de Karadima
- 2013 Il Futuro
- 2009 Optical Illusions
- 2009 Tourists
- 2005 Play
- 2002 Crying Underwater
As a director
- 2017 Vida de Familia
- 2013 Il Futuro
- 2009 Tourists
- 2005 Baño de mujeres
- 2005 Play
- 2002 Crying Underwater
As a producer
- 2015 Las Plantas
- 2013 Las Analfabetas
- 2011 Verano
- 2009 Tourists
- 2002 Crying Underwater
As an actress
- 2011 Verano - Turista Sewell
- 2005 Play - Woman at Photomat
- 2001 Time's Up!
- 2002 Crying Underwater
- 2002 Mi hermano y yo
As part of the camera and electrical department
- 2002 Crying Underwater
As part of the miscellaneous crew
- 2012 Thursday Till Sunday
Thanks
- 2012 Thursday Till Sunday
- 2011 Zoológico
- 2011 Bonsái
- 2011 Metro Cuadrado
- 2005 Time Off
