Miguel Angel Rocca, Maximiliano Gonzalez



WINNER: Best Screenwriting


MOVIE: Maracaibo



BIOGRAFIA:

Miguel Angel Rocca was born in Argentina on March 17, 1967. He is a director, producer, screenwriter and executive producer. He directed the films "La Mala Verdad" and "Ariziona Sur" and several short films including "Los duelistas", "Balada del primer amor", "La Belleza de Helena".
Maximiliano González was born in 1972. He is a film and television scriptwriter. Until the age of 18 he studied at Puerto Iguazú, (Argentina). Then he moved to Rosario to be trained as director at the film school. He traveled to Buenos Aires after receiving a scholarship at the INCAA’s film school where he specialized in screenwriting. Maximiliano wrote the screenplay for two films directed by Miguel Ángel Rocca: "Maracaibo" (2017) and "La mala verdad" (2014). As director he filmed two feature films: "La Guayaba" (2012), and "La soledad" (2007).


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