Diego Lerman

Director | Writer

Date of birth : 03/24/1976

City of birth : Buenos Aires, Argentina

He studied Image and Sound Design at the University of Buenos Aires and Dramaturgy at the Escuela Municipal de Arte Dramático. Later, he specialized in editing at the Escuela de San Antonio de los Baños and acting at Sportivo Teatral. On the other hand, in 2002 he was selected for La Residence de la Cinefondation organized by the Cannes Film Festival, which enabled him to live and work in Paris for 5 months to develop the script of his second film Mientras tanto and, in 2011, the Konex Foundation awarded him the Diploma of Merit in the discipline of Film Screenwriting for the period 2001-2010. His films are recognized at elite festivals such as Locarno, Havana, Venice, Berlin and San Sebastian, as well as being commercially released internationally.