Juan Schnitman was born in the city of Buenos Aires in 1980.
He spent his childhood in the country and returned to the city in the 90 ?s, where he studied Film Direction at the Universidad del Cine (FUC). Once graduated, he co-wrote and co-directed El Amor (primera parte) with Santiago Mitre, Alejandro Fadel and Martín Mauregui in 2005. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival's Settimana Internazionale della Critica. In 2007 Juan made Grande Para la Ciudad, a documentary about the Uruguayan Brit-pop band Astroboy. In 2009 he shot Pretemporada, a documentary about soccer. El Incendio is his fiction, solo debut.
Göteborg Film Festival
