Michael (Leslie) Rowe (born 1971 in Ballarat, Australia) is an
Australian film director and screenwriter.Rowe studied English
post-colonial literature at La Trobe University in Melbourne,
Australia. His artistic career first began as a poet, winning the
Melbourne Fringe Festival Poetry Prize. He then moved to theatre and
wrote three plays. In 1994, at the age of 23, he traveled to Mexico
and made it his adoptive home. In 1998, while in Mexico, he began a
career as a journalist while studying screenwriting at a Vincente
Leñero workshop. In 2005, one of his first scripts, Naturalezas
muertas won at the Instituto Mexicano de CinematografÃa. In 2006, he
directed his first short film, Cacahuates. Silencio followed in 2007.
Though English is his native language, the bulk of his film work is
done in Spanish.In 2010, Rowe directed Año bisiesto (Leap Year),
which garnered him the Caméra d'Or prize for best first time feature
film director at the Cannes Film Festival. The film was well received
by critics.His follow-up film, The Well (Manto acuÃfero) premiered at
the Rome Film Festival in 2013.
Australian film director and screenwriter.Rowe studied English
post-colonial literature at La Trobe University in Melbourne,
Australia. His artistic career first began as a poet, winning the
Melbourne Fringe Festival Poetry Prize. He then moved to theatre and
wrote three plays. In 1994, at the age of 23, he traveled to Mexico
and made it his adoptive home. In 1998, while in Mexico, he began a
career as a journalist while studying screenwriting at a Vincente
Leñero workshop. In 2005, one of his first scripts, Naturalezas
muertas won at the Instituto Mexicano de CinematografÃa. In 2006, he
directed his first short film, Cacahuates. Silencio followed in 2007.
Though English is his native language, the bulk of his film work is
done in Spanish.In 2010, Rowe directed Año bisiesto (Leap Year),
which garnered him the Caméra d'Or prize for best first time feature
film director at the Cannes Film Festival. The film was well received
by critics.His follow-up film, The Well (Manto acuÃfero) premiered at
the Rome Film Festival in 2013.
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