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Lucrecia Martel

Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer

3.93body-of-work score · ranked #280 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
December 14, 1966 · Salta
Nationality
Argentina
Work
film director, screenwriter, film producer
Movement
New Argentine Cinema
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Lucrecia Martel
Gabriel Marchi from São Paulo, Brasil · CC BY 2.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Zama

    2016 · Argentina · drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2018 #1 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #196

    1.392 citations
  2. 2
    La Ciénaga

    2001 · Argentina / France / Spain · drama

    Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #62 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #136 · Criterion Collection spine #743

    1.093 citations
  3. 3
    The Headless WomanLa mujer sin cabeza

    2008 · France / Argentina / Italy · thriller, drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2009 #2 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #196

    1.022 citations
  4. 4
    The Holy GirlLa niña santa

    2004 · Argentina / Italy / Netherlands · drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2005 #12 · Hoberman's annual top 10 2005 #8

    0.432 citations

Complete filmography

All 10 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.