Federico León (AR)

Born in Buenos Aires in 1975, Federico León has been a leading figure in the aspiring Argentine theatre scene for more than ten years now. He is an actor, director, playwright, filmmaker and theatre teacher. He wrote and directed “Cachetazo de campo” [“Country Smac”k], “Museo Miguel Ángel Boezzio”, “Mil quinientos metros sobre el nivel de Jack” and “El adolescente”. With “Yo en el Futuro” (“Me in the Future”) he was guest at steirischer herbst festival 2009. His theatrical work also includes the unperformed “Ex Antuán”. Federico León wrote, directed and acted in his first film “Todo juntos”. In 2007 he wrote and directed with Marcos Martinez his second film “Estrellas” and in 2009 “Entrenamiento elemental para actores” together with Martín Rejtman. He has won various awards for his work, including the First Prize for Playwriting from Argentina’s National Theatre Institute, the 2004 Konex Prize awarded by the National Arts Fund and the First National Prize for Playwriting 1996 - 1999 from the Argentinian Government. In 2002 he was selected from numerous artists around the world to participate in “The Rolex Mentor and Protege Arts Intitiative”. As part of this artistic initiative, he worked over a year with Robert Wilson. Some of his plays and the script of “Todo Juntos”, as well as reviews, interviews and texts about the creating process of his work, were published in 2005 in “Registros - Teatro reunido y otros textos” by Adriana Hidalgo.