Juan José Campanella

About Juan José Campanella

Who is it?: Writer, Actor, Director
Birth Day: July 19, 1959
Birth Place:  Capital Federal, Argentina, Argentina
Birth Sign: Leo
Occupation: Director, writer, producer

Juan José Campanella Net Worth

Juan José Campanella was born on July 19, 1959 in  Capital Federal, Argentina, Argentina, is Writer, Actor, Director. Juan José Campanella was born on July 19, 1959 in Capital Federal, Argentina. He is a writer and actor, known for El secreto de sus ojos (2009), El hombre de tu vida (2011) and El mismo amor, la misma lluvia (1999).
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💰Juan José Campanella Net worth: $20 Million

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Biography/Timeline

1980

Campanella was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He started studying engineering, but dropped out in 1980 after four years at university. He would later remark that the decisive factor for this decision was watching All That Jazz on the very day he was going to apply for a fifth year. His debut as Director was in 1979, with the short Prioridad nacional. Campanella traveled to the United States and entered the Tisch School of the Arts. Four years later, in 1984, his second film, Victoria 392, which marked the first of five collaborations with actor friend Eduardo Blanco, as well as his first collaboration with Screenwriter Fernando Castets, with whom he co-directed and co-wrote the film.

1991

After graduating from NYU film school, Campanella went on to direct two American films: The Boy Who Cried Bitch in 1991 and Love Walked In in 1997.

1999

In 1999, Campanella reunited once more with Castets to write El Mismo Amor, la Misma Lluvia, which starred actor friend Ricardo Darín (who had met Campanella 15 years before, abroad) and Eduardo Blanco. The formula would be repeated with two other films, in El Hijo de la Novia, 2001 (nominated for Oscar for best foreign language film in 2002) and in Luna de Avellaneda, 2004, all of which teamed Campanella and Castests as screenwriters, and Darín and Blanco as leading and supporting actor, respectively. Darín reprised the role of Campanella's leading man in the mystery film The Secret in Their Eyes (2009), Campanella's fourth feature-length film. It won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2010.

2006

Campanella has directed episodes of American TV series such as House, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, 30 Rock, Halt and Catch Fire and Colony). He has held Spanish citizenship since 2006.