Gustavo Graef-Marino

Directing

Gustavo Graef-Marino

Born

1955-09-25 (70)

Place of birth

Santiago, Chile

Known for

Directing

Credits

15 titles

Gustavo took the independent film scene by storm in the 90's with his very original and highly acclaimed take on post-Pinochet Chile with "Johnny 100 Pesos". The film became Chile's highest grossing movie and was selected as its official candidate for both the "Best Foreign Language Film" category in the 1993 Academy Awards, as well as the Spanish Goya Awards that same year. In the US, the film premiered at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival where it became an instant success and was commercially released in the US to rave reviews from the indie press. Crowning its success, the film was invited to participate in A-list festivals such as Tokyo International Film Festival, New Directors New Films…

Known for

Instinct to Kill poster
5.1

Escaped serial killer James Becket, who killed his own father whose expectations he never fulfilled, but now especially targets his wife Theresa 'Tess' and her family, is too good at disguising himself and other deceit for detective Diffs task force. Only one man proves able to fight back in his league: former cop J.T. Dillon, who was already training Tess in self-defense and becomes her lover. Becket decides to find hiding place by kidnapping Diffs wife, and thus enforce a final show-down.

Instinct to Kill

2001

No artwork available
9.0

A half-dozen random people find themselves locked overnight in a floating discotheque and at the mercy of mysterious terror.

The Voice

1989

Diplomatic Siege poster
4.3

When Steve Mitchell is clandestinely sent to the US embassy in Bucharest, Romania to disarm a nuclear bomb that has secretly remained in the building since the end of the Cold War, little does he know that other problems will soon erupt. He must join Erica Long, a diplomatic attaché who is not all that she appears, to work together on setting the correct computer code that will disable the weapon and accomplish the mission. But while watching video monitors from inside a long-forgotten surveillance room, Steve witnesses a surprising deadly takeover of the building by the Serbian Liberation Front.

Diplomatic Siege

1999

El Vacío poster
7.5

He, a famous filmmaker living off his past, decides to give romance a chance when he meets Her.What starts as a perfect love story is threatened by routine, unfulfilled expectations and the eternal desire to fill the void inside both of them.

El Vacío

2023

Johnny One Hundred Pesos poster
6.0

Based on real events, 17-year-old Johnny García becomes involved with four older thugs who are planning to rob a money-laundering business masquerading as a video store. As they try to escape, a swarm of exploitative media attention awaits.

Johnny One Hundred Pesos

1993

No artwork available
NR

Documentary about the shooting of BOURBON STREET BLUES.

Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk

1987

Film credits

Behind the camera

Instinct to Kill poster
5.1

Escaped serial killer James Becket, who killed his own father whose expectations he never fulfilled, but now especially targets his wife Theresa 'Tess' and her family, is too good at disguising himself and other deceit for detective Diffs task force. Only one man proves able to fight back in his league: former cop J.T. Dillon, who was already training Tess in self-defense and becomes her lover. Becket decides to find hiding place by kidnapping Diffs wife, and thus enforce a final show-down.

Instinct to Kill

2001

No artwork available
9.0

A half-dozen random people find themselves locked overnight in a floating discotheque and at the mercy of mysterious terror.

The Voice

1989

No artwork available
9.0

A half-dozen random people find themselves locked overnight in a floating discotheque and at the mercy of mysterious terror.

The Voice

1989

Diplomatic Siege poster
4.3

When Steve Mitchell is clandestinely sent to the US embassy in Bucharest, Romania to disarm a nuclear bomb that has secretly remained in the building since the end of the Cold War, little does he know that other problems will soon erupt. He must join Erica Long, a diplomatic attaché who is not all that she appears, to work together on setting the correct computer code that will disable the weapon and accomplish the mission. But while watching video monitors from inside a long-forgotten surveillance room, Steve witnesses a surprising deadly takeover of the building by the Serbian Liberation Front.

Diplomatic Siege

1999

El Vacío poster
7.5

He, a famous filmmaker living off his past, decides to give romance a chance when he meets Her.What starts as a perfect love story is threatened by routine, unfulfilled expectations and the eternal desire to fill the void inside both of them.

El Vacío

2023

El Vacío poster
7.5

He, a famous filmmaker living off his past, decides to give romance a chance when he meets Her.What starts as a perfect love story is threatened by routine, unfulfilled expectations and the eternal desire to fill the void inside both of them.

El Vacío

2023

Johnny One Hundred Pesos poster
6.0

Based on real events, 17-year-old Johnny García becomes involved with four older thugs who are planning to rob a money-laundering business masquerading as a video store. As they try to escape, a swarm of exploitative media attention awaits.

Johnny One Hundred Pesos

1993

Johnny One Hundred Pesos poster
6.0

Based on real events, 17-year-old Johnny García becomes involved with four older thugs who are planning to rob a money-laundering business masquerading as a video store. As they try to escape, a swarm of exploitative media attention awaits.

Johnny One Hundred Pesos

1993

Johnny One Hundred Pesos poster
6.0

Based on real events, 17-year-old Johnny García becomes involved with four older thugs who are planning to rob a money-laundering business masquerading as a video store. As they try to escape, a swarm of exploitative media attention awaits.

Johnny One Hundred Pesos

1993

No artwork available
NR

Documentary about the shooting of BOURBON STREET BLUES.

Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk

1987

No artwork available
NR

Documentary about the shooting of BOURBON STREET BLUES.

Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk

1987

Johnny 100 Pesos: Chapter Two poster
5.3

After being twenty years in in jail, Johnny now a free man, must confront a heartless society and ensure that the son he never knew does not go down the same criminal path that he once took.

Johnny 100 Pesos: Chapter Two

2017

Johnny 100 Pesos: Chapter Two poster
5.3

After being twenty years in in jail, Johnny now a free man, must confront a heartless society and ensure that the son he never knew does not go down the same criminal path that he once took.

Johnny 100 Pesos: Chapter Two

2017

No artwork available
NR

Documentary about the famous German robber Michael Heigl.

Der Räuber Heigl

1978