Pablo Daniel Magee

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Pablo Daniel Magee
Pablo Daniel Magee onstage, being saluted by Maestro Jose Luis Ardissone after a play.
Pablo Daniel Magee onstage, being saluted by Maestro Jose Luis Ardissone after a play.
Born (1985-04-22) 22 April 1985 (age 39)
Paris
LanguageFrench, English, Spanish
NationalityFrench
EducationUniversity of Provence, University of Greenwich, Sotheby's Institute of Art, Harvard University
Alma materUniversity of Greenwich
PeriodContemporary
GenreNon fiction novels, Chronicles, Plays, Film scenarii
Notable worksOpération Condor, Honorablissîme, Fanpharaonnes
SpouseHuman Rights Lawyer Romy Fischer
RelativesFather Patrice Stellest

Pablo Daniel Magee (born 22 April 1985) is a French Swiss author, investigative journalist, screenwriter and playwright.

Early life and education

His father is the Swiss painter, sculptor and filmmaker

Costa Gavras – during his final year at the Lycée Mistral of Avignon.[3]

Having obtained his literary

CIA that focused on the coup d'état against Chilean President Salvador Allende and the United States' support for Operation Condor in Latin America. This prompted Magee to become closely interested in the issue.[5]

In 2012, he traveled to Paraguay, where he met

Parallel to his research, Magee devotes his time to dramatic and journalistic writing, contributing articles to international journals such as Forbes.[7] He also familiarizes himself with buddhist scriptures at the Harvard Divinity School, under the supervision of Professor Charles Hallisey, Yehan Numata Senior Lecturer on buddhist literatures at Harvard University.

Work

Literature

In 2020, Magee published Opération Condor, un homme face à la terreur en Amérique latine with Editions Saint-Simon. This non-fiction novel focuses on the life of Paraguayan human rights defender

Cinémathèque Française and director of the films Missing and State of Siege. The cover of the book is the photograph of a condor taken by renowned wildlife argentinean photographer Eliseo Miciu.[9]

In the 6 February 2021 edition of

Hollywood biopic One Man's War. Magee later dedicated a trilogy of chronicles entitled My uncle the Che to this part of his investigation, published in the political analysis magazine Terere Cómplice in 2022.[11] On 25 May 2021 Opération Condor was added to the U.S. Library of Congress.[12] Following the book's publication, Almada was decorated with the National Order of the Legion of Honour by the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, on 6 December 2021.[13]

The latest work by Magee, Pundonoroso/Honorablissime, published in the

Martin Almada’s journey in search of historical justice.[14] The book is prefaced by Agustín Nuñez, a master of South American theater, who describes it as occupying "a central place in the Latin American cultural pantheon".[15]
This work is illustrated by urban street artist Oz Montanía.

The author relates that he was a victim of continuous threats against his life during his investigation and the writing of these two works, which he has dedicated to preserving the memory of the horrors of Latin American dictatorships.[16]

Books

  • L'eau chante au Lapacho, Éditions Lapachos, 2014, 37p. ISBN 978-9-99532-884-9
  • Opération Condor, Saint-Simon, 2020, 378p. ISBN 978-2-37435-025-7
  • Pundonoroso/Honorablissime, Servilibro, 2021, 117p. ISBN 978-99925-254-1-8

Cinema

Between 2005 and 2009, Magee worked for

Wolfman by Joe Johnston,[18]
which also encouraged the young writer to study paraguayan history.

In 2009, Pablo Daniel Magee wrote and directed a short film titled Pass:on for Watch a Thought Productions, in which he featured eight international artistes, four painters and four musicians, who did a free

Life of Brian; composer for Barry White, Michael Jackson, Prince or Björk; and musician with the bands of Sting, Amy Winehouse, Bob Marley, Chet Baker, Jimi Hendrix and many others, as he describes in his memoirs Hidden Man: My many musical lives.[19]

In 2011, Magee co-authored and directed the short 3D movie Stellest Genesis for artist Patrice Stellest.[20] For this work he collaborated with New York City DJ Moby, who composed the music for it.

In 2018, he collaborated with Canadian filmmaker Jorge Diaz de Bedoya to develop the scenario for the feature film El Supremo Manuscrito,[21] which plunges the spectator into the corrupt world of contemporary Paraguay in search of the last manuscript of writer Augusto Roa Bastos, stolen by art traffickers.[22]

Film Awards

Stellest Genesis

  • Best International Peace Short Award at the Dubai Independent film festival 2022[23][24]
  • Best Music Video Award at the Five Continents International Film Festival 2022
  • Best Animated Film Gold Award at the Hollywood Gold Awards Film Festival 2022
  • Best Music Video Gold Award at the Hollywood Gold Awards Film Festival 2022
  • Best Music Video Award at the London Movie Awards 2022
  • Honorable Mention Award in the Best Animation Film category at the Los Angeles Film Awards 2022
  • Best Short Animation Silver Award at the Milan Gold Awards Film Festival 2022
  • Honorable Mention Award in the Best Short Animation Category at the Paris Film Awards 2022
  • Honorable Mention Award in the Best Original Score category at the South Film and Arts Academy Festival 2022
  • Best Animation Short Film Audience Award at the South Film and Arts Academy Festival 2022
  • Best Short Animation Award at the South Film and Arts Academy Festival 2022
  • Honorable Mention Award in the Best Screenplay in a Short Film category at the South Film and Arts Academy Festival 2022
  • Best Sound and Music Award at the Wildsound Writing and Film Festival - Toronto 2022
  • Best Short Animation Award at the Arthouse Festival of Beverly Hills 2022

PASS:ON

  • Best Experimental Short Award at the Five Continents International Film Festival 2022[25][26]
  • Nominee in the Best Director category at the Los Angeles Film Awards 2022
  • Honorable Mention Award in the Best Experimental Film category at the Los Angeles Film Awards 2022
  • Nominee in the Best Experimental Short category at the Hollywood International Golden Age Festival 2022
  • Best Experimental Film Award at the London Internation Short Film Festival 2022
  • Nominee in the Best Experimental Film category at the London Movie Awards 2022
  • Honorable Mention Award in the Best Video Art Film category at the Los Angeles Experimental Forum Film Awards 2022
  • Nominee in the Best Poetic Film category at the Sensei Tokyo Film Festival 2022
  • Best Experimental Short Award at the Rio de Janeiro World Film Festival 2022
  • Nominee in the Best Poetic Film category at the Lonely Wolf - London International Film Festival 2022
  • Nominee in the Best New Media category at the Lonely Wolf - London International Film Festival 2022
  • Honorable Mention Award in the Best Experimental Film category at the New York Movie Awards 2022
  • Best Director at the New York Movie Awards 2022

References

  1. ^ Burcea, Dan (March 16, 2021). "On ne peut rien prendre à la légère dans un tel livre". Lettres Capitales (in French). Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  2. ^ Batalle, Jordi (October 16, 2020). "Pablo Daniel Magee, tras la senda de Martín Almada y del Plan Condor". Radio France Internationale (in Spanish). Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  3. ^ Mauro, Braulio (August 19, 2021). "Operación Cóndor : clave de los secretos de las dictaduras del cono sur". Radio France Internationale (in Spanish). Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  4. ^ Rouger, Valérie (October 18, 2020). "Dévorez le livre "Opération Condor" de Pablo Daniel Magee". Cote Magazine (in French). Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  5. ^ Dos Santos, Cathy (October 18, 2020). ""Depuis la dictature de Stroessner, rien n'a changé au Paraguay"". L'Humanité (in French). Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  6. ^ Lemoine, Maurice (August 18, 2021). "Opération Condor : Un homme face à la terreur". Mémoire des luttes (in French). Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  7. ^ Magee, Pablo (August 23, 2021). "La nouvelle dictature des talibans". Forbes (in French). Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  8. ^ Guidali, Adolfo (October 22, 2020). "Joven escritor francés publica en París un libro excepcional sobre el plan Cóndor". Medio Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  9. ^ Miciu, Eliseo (October 22, 2020). "Wild". Eliseo Miciu. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  10. ^ Redeker, Robert (February 6, 2021). "Sélection Marianne, nos romans préférés de la rentrée". Marianne (in French). Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  11. ^ Magee, Pablo Daniel (January 25, 2022). "My uncle the Che". Terere Cómplice. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  12. ^ Library of, Congress (May 25, 2021). "Pablo Daniel Magee". Library of Congress. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  13. ^ Cocher, Emmanuel (December 6, 2021). "M. Martín Almada, défenseur des droits de l'homme, chevalier de la Légion d'honneur". French embassy in Paraguay (in French). Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  14. ^ Bergues, Fernanda (August 30, 2021). "Pundonoroso: el juicio de Stroessner". El Independiente (in Spanish). Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  15. ^ Gonzalez, Pedro (August 30, 2021). "Pablo Magee : "Nunca hubo un Núremberg paraguayo"". ABC Color (in Spanish). Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  16. ^ Agence France, Presse (November 20, 2020). "Libro arroja luz sobre el Plan Cóndor en América latina". Ultima Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  17. ^ Lawrence, Gonzalo (August 20, 2020). "Pablo Daniel Magee". Pundonoroso. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  18. ^ Sapena, Lucía (September 8, 2021). "Pablo Daniel Magee". Artes y espectaculos (in Spanish). Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  19. ^ Magee, Pablo Daniel (June 15, 2009). "Pass:on". Vimeo. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  20. ^ Magee, Pablo Daniel (April 18, 2011). "Stellest Genesis". Vimeo. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  21. ^ Magee, Pablo Daniel (September 6, 2019). "El Supremo Manuscrito". Youtube (in Spanish). Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  22. ^ Falba, Lorenzo (September 18, 2020). "Estreno de "El supremo manuscrito" en el Chicago Latino Film Festival". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  23. ^ Magee, Pablo Daniel (2022-05-30). "Stellest Genesis". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  24. ^ La, Redacción (2022-05-31). "Cortos de francoparaguayo triunfan en el mundo". El Independiente (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  25. ^ Magee, Pablo Daniel (2022-05-30). "PASS:ON". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  26. ^ Sapena, Lucía (2022-06-11). "Lucia Sapena entrevista al cienasta Pablo Daniel Magee". Youtube (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-08-22.