BiographyAlejandro Agresti was born in Buenos Aires in 1961. He is a film director, writer and producer.

During his extensive international career he has directed actors such as Sandra Bullock, Christopher Plummer, Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, John Cusack, Giancarlo Giannini, Jean Rochefort, Cecilia Roth and Carmen Maura, among others.

In 1984, at only 23 years old, Agresti wrote and directed his first feature film: El hombre que ganó la razón. It was selected by the Berlin Film Festival and it was distributed in Europe. From there, Agresti settled in Holland and developed his career between Europe and Argentina.

In 1986, he made El amor es una mujer gorda, a feature film for which he won several international awards and which represents, in the eyes of Argentine critics, the first cinematic account that uncompromisingly touched on the subject of missing persons.

In 1989 he returned to the country to film Boda Secreta with European funding. After its premiere in the United Kingdom it was chosen by critics as one of the two best films of 1990 along with Woody Allen's Crímenes y pecados. The story tells the resurrection of Fermín García, a trade unionist murdered by the military dictatorship who returns to the town where he promised to marry his fiancée before disappearing.

In the early nineties, Agresti directed several European feature films including Luba, Modern Crimes, Everybody wants to help Ernst and Just Friends, with some filmed in English and others in Dutch.

In 1994, Agresti completed El Acto en Cuestión, filmed in 9 European countries and selected by the Cannes Film Festival in the official section. The film received 9 international awards and is considered by various critics as one of the ten best Argentine films of all time.

In 1996, Agresti decided to return to his country to film Buenos Aires Viceversa. The structure and cinematics of the film, which is about two children of missing persons, earned him critical recognition as a turning point in Argentine cinema. The film won various international awards and the Silver Condors from the Association of Criminal Writers for best director and best film.

In 1997-98, Agresti directed two feature films in Argentina: La Cruz and El viento se levo lo qué. The latter won the Golden Shell for best film at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, as well as best film at the Chicago and Istanbul festivals, among others. Filmed entirely in Patagonia, it tells the story of a town and its cinema at the end of the world.
 
In 1999, he directed Una noche con Sabrina Love, starring Cecilia Roth. During 2000-2001, he wrote and shot Valentín, an autobiographical film about a child growing up in Buenos Aires in the late 1960s. This film became an international success and was acquired by the distributor Miramax. At a local level, film critics awarded him 9 Cóndores de Plata and Agresti was thus invited to write and direct in Hollywood.

Agresti became the first Argentine director hired by a major Hollywood studio: Warner Bros. He directed La Casa del Lago for the same studio, starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves. He worked as a Script Doctor for WB and various North American and European production companies. As a writer, Agresti has published 7 novels: El Acto en Cuestión, La Sonrisa no Basta, Eva Braun de Arroyito, Si te digo te mien, Los Ramones, Confesiones de una piba de los 80, and Las Noveladas.

Most of Alejandro Agresti's filmography is related to human rights. In Spain he has received various awards, including the award for best first work and, years later, the Golden Shell for best film, both awarded by the San Sebastian International Film Festival. He has also won various awards at the Huelva and Sitges festivals, the ASECAM award, awarded by the Spanish Film Writers' Circle, and the ONDAS award for best European television miniseries.