Gustavo Taretto

Birth : 1965-01-01, Buenos Aires, Argentina

History

Gustavo Taretto was born in Buenos Aires in 1965. In 1983 he started attending different photography workshops, black & white and color. At the same time, he studied music and started to attend to script and direction workshops. In 1993 he started working as a creative in an advertising agency. After 14 years, he reached the executive creative direction in Ogilvy Argentina. He received several awards in festivals arround the world, among others the Gold Lion in 2002. In 1999 he joined the school of the master José Martinez Suarez. Where he wrote and directed 3 short films, “Las insoladas”, “Cien pesos” and “Medianeras”, which has received more than 40 international awards, including the Gran Prix in Clemont Ferrand, 2006. His fourth short film “Hoy no estoy” has been premiered in Locarno and received the Leopard of domain for the Best Short Film.

Movies

Sunstrokes
Sunstrokes
Writer
A group of girlfriends gather almost every day to sunbathe in the terrace of a building, in an age where getting the perfect tan was everything.
Sunstrokes
Sunstrokes
Director
A group of girlfriends gather almost every day to sunbathe in the terrace of a building, in an age where getting the perfect tan was everything.
Sidewalls
Sidewalls
Writer
Martin is a neurotic web designer taking baby steps out of the isolation of his one-room apartment and his virtual reality. Mariana is an artist fresh out of a a long relationship. They are perfect for each other, live on the same street, in opposite buildings, but they never meet. Can the movement of a modern city of three million people bring them together?
Sidewalls
Sidewalls
Director
Martin is a neurotic web designer taking baby steps out of the isolation of his one-room apartment and his virtual reality. Mariana is an artist fresh out of a a long relationship. They are perfect for each other, live on the same street, in opposite buildings, but they never meet. Can the movement of a modern city of three million people bring them together?
Once Again
Once Again
Writer
A metaphor for a historical disagreement between ourselves. How we make each subject a tragedy. Again and again and again.
Once Again
Once Again
Director
A metaphor for a historical disagreement between ourselves. How we make each subject a tragedy. Again and again and again.
Hoy no estoy
Hoy no estoy
Writer
Can you walk around completely unnoticed for a day?
Hoy no estoy
Hoy no estoy
Director
Can you walk around completely unnoticed for a day?
Sidewalls
Sidewalls
Writer
Mariana and Martin have similar lives: the same loneliness, the same neurosis, even the same apartment, but they can’t meet. Their only link is also what separates them: the sidewall.
Sidewalls
Sidewalls
Director
Mariana and Martin have similar lives: the same loneliness, the same neurosis, even the same apartment, but they can’t meet. Their only link is also what separates them: the sidewall.