Writing

Nicolás Giacobone

Born January 1, 1975 · Buenos Aires, Argentina (age 51)

Nicolás Giacobone is an Argentine writer and screenwriter. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 2014 film Birdman at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015. He wrote a book of short stories, Algún Cristo(2001), and the novels The Crossed-Out Notebook (2018) and Bum Bum Bum (2020). His screenplay for the film John and the Hole was part of the official selection of the 2020 Cannes …

Known For

Digger

The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he's unleashed destroys everything.

The Revenant

The Revenant · 2015

MovieWesternDrama

In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) · 2014

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

MovieDramaComedy

A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and family prove more difficult than expected.

Biutiful

Biutiful · 2010

This is a story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. Connected with the afterlife, Uxbal is a tragic hero and father of two who's sensing the danger of death. He struggles with a tainted reality and a fate that works against him in order to forgive, for love, and forever.

John and the Hole

John and the Hole · 2021

John and the Hole

MovieDramaThriller

While exploring the neighboring woods, 13-year-old John discovers an unfinished bunker — a deep hole in the ground. Seemingly without provocation, he drugs his affluent parents and older sister and drags their unconscious bodies into the bunker, where he holds them captive. As they anxiously wait for John to free them from the hole, the boy returns home, where he can finally do what he wants.

BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths · 2022

BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

MovieComedyDrama

A renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles, after being named the recipient of a prestigious international award, is compelled to return to his native country, unaware that this simple trip will push him to an existential limit.

Animal

MovieThrillerDrama

Antonio Decoud is a conservative family man who is forced by destiny to face an unexpected situation that shakes him to the core, scrambling up his life and his priorities, pushing him to forget his beliefs and his way of understanding life and follow the most basic instinct: the animal instinct.

All Hail

All Hail · 2022

MovieComedyDrama

A famous TV weatherman, Miguel Flores, becomes public enemy number one when he fails to predict a terrible hailstorm. He is forced out of the big city, Buenos Aires, fleeing the capital for his birthplace of Córdoba. The result will be a voyage of rediscovery that is as absurd as it is human.

Filmography

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Digger

The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he's unleashed destroys everything.

Writer

The Revenant

The Revenant · 2015

MovieWesternDrama

In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

Co-Producer

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) · 2014

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

MovieDramaComedy

A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and family prove more difficult than expected.

Associate Producer

Biutiful

Biutiful · 2010

This is a story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. Connected with the afterlife, Uxbal is a tragic hero and father of two who's sensing the danger of death. He struggles with a tainted reality and a fate that works against him in order to forgive, for love, and forever.

Writer

John and the Hole

John and the Hole · 2021

John and the Hole

MovieDramaThriller

While exploring the neighboring woods, 13-year-old John discovers an unfinished bunker — a deep hole in the ground. Seemingly without provocation, he drugs his affluent parents and older sister and drags their unconscious bodies into the bunker, where he holds them captive. As they anxiously wait for John to free them from the hole, the boy returns home, where he can finally do what he wants.

Screenplay

BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths · 2022

BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

MovieComedyDrama

A renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles, after being named the recipient of a prestigious international award, is compelled to return to his native country, unaware that this simple trip will push him to an existential limit.

Writer

Animal

MovieThrillerDrama

Antonio Decoud is a conservative family man who is forced by destiny to face an unexpected situation that shakes him to the core, scrambling up his life and his priorities, pushing him to forget his beliefs and his way of understanding life and follow the most basic instinct: the animal instinct.

Screenplay

All Hail

All Hail · 2022

MovieComedyDrama

A famous TV weatherman, Miguel Flores, becomes public enemy number one when he fails to predict a terrible hailstorm. He is forced out of the big city, Buenos Aires, fleeing the capital for his birthplace of Córdoba. The result will be a voyage of rediscovery that is as absurd as it is human.

Writer

The Last Elvis

The Last Elvis · 2012

MovieDramaMusic

In the unique world of the Buenos Aires celebrity-impersonator scene, “Elvis” Gutiérrez is a star. By day, though, he must contend with a dead-end factory job and an ex-wife who worries about how his obsessive behavior affects their young daughter, Lisa Marie. Feeling more connected to his persona as the King than to his own family, Gutiérrez retreats from reality until a tragic accident interrupts his plans and forces him to grapple with his real-world responsibilities.

Screenplay

Down the Rabbit Hole

Down the Rabbit Hole · 2024

Down the Rabbit Hole

MovieComedyDrama

Raised in opulence and culture, a boy's life contrasts with the darkness that seeps in from his father's criminal activities in this dark comedy.

Screenplay

Desde el principio

Desde el principio · 2017

Desde el principio

In the darkness of a soundproof recording studio, a conversation sparks between two voice actors dealing with a shared tragedy. (montclairfilm.org)

Writer

Océano

Océano · 2003

This Wednesday at two o'clock in the morning the world will succumb under the waters.

Screenplay