Beatriz Flores Silva


Beatriz Flores Silva is an Uruguayan - Belgian film director, film producer, screenwriter and teacher. Her films include The Seven Deadly Sins, The Almost True Story of Pepita the Gunslinger, In This Tricky Life, and Masangeles.

Filmography

Flores Silva is daughter of politician and intellectual Manuel Flores Mora.
After directing two short films she participated in the collective feature film The Seven Deadly Sins as co-director, screenwriter and producer. In 1992 she directed the film The Almost True Story of Pepita the Gunslinger, which set a standard in Uruguayan cinema and won several awards.
Between 1998 and 2001 she wrote and directed In This Tricky Life (original Spanish title: En la puta vida, a Uruguayan/Belgian/Spanish/Cuban co-production. The movie premiered in 2001 and became the biggest box office success in the history of Uruguayan cinema. It also won several international awards.
YearFilmRoleNotes
1990The Seven Deadly Sinsco-director/co-writer
1992La historia casi verdadera de Pepita la PistoleraDirector/Writer/Producer
2001In This Tricky LifeDirector/Writer/Producer
2008MasangelesDirector/Writer/Producer

Awards and recognition

International awards received by Flores Silva's movies:
Masangeles :
In This Tricky Life :
The Almost True Story of Pepita the Gunslinger :