Sebastián Lelio, director of A Fantastic Woman and Gloria, dies aged 52

The Wonder's Sebastian Lelio fotografado no TIFF 2022 Shutterstock x TheWrap Portrait Studio, Dia 4, Toronto International Film Festival, Canada - 12 Sep 2022 Fotografia: Jeff Vespa/REX/Shutterstock Ver imagem em tela cheia The Wonder's Sebastian Lelio fotografado no TIFF 2022 Shutterstock x TheWrap Portrait Studio, Dia 4, Toronto International Film Festival, Canada - 12 Sep 2022 Fotografia: Jeff Vespa/REX/Shutterstock Filmes Sebastián Lelio, diretor de A Fantastic Woman e Gloria, morre aos 52 anos O cineasta chileno, cujos filmes contaram com Florence Pugh, Julianne Moore e Rachel Weisz, morreu em sua casa em Santiago.

Prefer the Guardian on GoogleChilean film-maker Sebastián Lelio has died at the age of 52.

He was best known for the Oscar-winning trans drama A Fantastic Woman and his English-language films included Gloria Bell and The Wonder.

Read moreLelio was born in Argentina but moved to Chile at the age of two. He studied journalism for one year before graduating from film school and then released 9/11 documentary Cero in 2003.

Seu primeiro longa‑metragem narrativo, The Sacred Family, estreou no Festival de Cinema de San Sebastián em 2005.

His follow-up, 2009’s Christmas, premiered at Cannes but it was 2013’s Gloria that provided him with a major international breakthrough. The drama, about a woman in her late 50s who starts dating again, premiered at Berlin and won its lead star Paulina García an acting award at the festival.

Lelio followed it up with A Fantastic Woman, a drama about the life of a trans woman, another breakout that became the first Chilean film to win the Oscar for best international feature.

Em uma crítica de cinco estrelas, Peter Bradshaw, do Guardian, chamou-o de “um estudo sublime na exaltação da dor da perda”.

He made his English language debut with London-set drama Disobedience which told a queer love story between women played by Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams. It was nominated for five British independent film awards.

Lelio then remade Gloria as Gloria Bell, then set in America and starring Julianne Moore in the lead role. He followed it with a critically acclaimed adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s novel The Wonder starring Florence Pugh.

His final film was 2025’s The Wave, a musical protest drama that premiered at Cannes.