Santiago Mitre

Santiago Mitre is exactly the kind of filmmaker I want to champion. An Argentine writer-director who also acts, he builds the dense, morally tangled human dramas that South American cinema does so well. Serving on a Cannes Critics' Week jury and winning Best Director in Havana for Paulina marks him as a serious voice, not a festival tourist. Being named an Outstanding Citizen of Buenos Aires in 2023 tells me his roots run deep. I trust artists who stay grounded in their own soil rather than chasing Hollywood gloss, and Mitre strikes me as one of them.

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Name (English)

Santiago Mitre

Name (Japanese)

サンティアゴ・ミトレ

Reading

さんてぃあご・みとれ

Born

December 4, 1980 (age 45)

Origin

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Monkey

Awards & achievements

• 2023 Outstanding Citizen of Buenos Aires

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago%20Mitre
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%88%E3%83%AC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6121032

Tags

• film director
• screenwriter
• actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.