Known for

Directing

Born

Nov 14, 1959

Died

Aug 24, 2025 (aged 65)

Place of birth

Caracas, Venezuela

Luis Alberto Lamata

Venezuelan filmmaker born in Caracas in 1959. Nominated for the Goya, he has received awards in Havana, Biarritz, Cartagena, Sochi, Trieste, Berlin, San Sebastián, Sundance, and Montreal. In Venezuela, he has won the Premio Nacional de Cine, municipal award, critics’ award, authors’ award, and, on several occasions, best film, screenplay, direction, and audience award at the Mérida, Margarita, Oriente, and International Caracas festivals. With more than fifty television titles, he has worked on miniseries, feature films, and soap operas in his country, as well as in Mexico and Peru.

Titles

Topacio

Series • 1984

Intrusive

Series • 1986

Jericho

Movie • 1991

Calypso

Series • 1999

3 Nights

Movie • 2001

Back To Maracaibo

Movie • 2022

Bolívar: el hombre de las dificultades

Movie • 2013

Salserin, the First Time

Movie • 1997