Damián Szifron

Damián Szifron (born 9 July 1975) is an Argentine film and television director and screenwriter, best known as the creator of the TV series Los Simuladores (2002), the most successful TV series in the history of Argentina, and writer-director of Wild Tales (2014), the most successful film in the history of Argentina.

Works

Los simuladores

A small team of con artists for hire use their skills to solve common people's life problems.

Release Date2002-03-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count24

Vote Count136

Wild Tales

Injustice and the demands of the world can cause stress for many people. Some of them, however, explode. This includes a waitress serving a grouchy loan shark, an altercation between two motorists, an ill-fated wedding reception, and a wealthy businessman who tries to buy his family out of trouble.

Release Date2014-08-21

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count3529

To Catch a Killer

Baltimore. New Year's Eve. A talented but troubled police officer is recruited by the FBI's chief investigator to help profile and track down a mass murderer.

Release Date2023-04-06

DepartmentEditing

JobEditor

Vote Count1167

The Simulators

A remake of the Argentine series of the same name about a group of four partners who solve common problems through advanced simulation operations.

Release Date2008-04-30

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Series Creator

Episode Count31

Vote Count125

Hermanos y detectives

Release Date2007-09-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count10

Vote Count2

Hermanos y detectives

An administrative police officer, Franco Montero, receives as an inheritance the care of a half-brother that he did not know. Lorenzo Montero, a child prodigy with an IQ of 200 who changes his way of life and his work. The eleven-year-old's intelligence puts Franco and his assistant Gustavo Mansilla in charge of the homicide division. By deducing and exploring the three, they solve the most striking cases.

Release Date2006-09-06

DepartmentEditing

JobEditor

Episode Count10

Vote Count48

Los simuladores

Release Date2006-03-26

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Series Creator

Episode Count17

Vote Count1

Kings of the Game

Kings of the Game

Maxim, Stepan, Roman and Kesha organize a bureau where anyone who needs non-standard help can apply.

Release Date2007-12-31

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Series Creator

Episode Count12

On Probation

Mariano is a psychologist who must fulfill community service after losing a lawsuit by a traffic accident. He is forced to provide therapeutic support to Alfredo, a policeman depressed over his wife cheating on him. Mariano is then accidentally involved in a double homicide investigation being conducted by Alfredo.

Release Date2005-09-29

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count122

The Bottom of the Sea

An architecture student is obsessed by his girlfriend. When she is invited to go alone to a party sponsored by her company, he becomes paranoid. He arrives at their place unexpectedly and finds a man hidden under their bed. He follows the man trying to find his name and occupation, along a night full of incidents and misunderstandings.

Release Date2003-08-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count20

The Simulators: The Movie

The Simulators solve intractable problems by carrying out a thorough analysis and generate solutions that combine theater and psychology, as well as law and statistics.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Musical Chairs

Victor, who lives abroad, must travel to his country of origin sent by the company where he works and will have only one day to visit his family who will do the impossible to honor him in that short stay. At that time, dramatic turns and touches of humor will occur to deep solemnities, within the traditional and beloved domestic bosom.

Release Date2003-08-07

DepartmentCamera

JobCamera Operator

Vote Count3

Derecho viejo

The story of some neighborhood boys, narrated with an undoubted Borgian spirit. (ucine.edu.ar)

Release Date1998-01-01

DepartmentCrew

JobSpecial Effects

Vote Count1

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