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Trapero to Direct Fox Searchlight’s “The Man In The Rockefeller Suit”

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Pablo Trapero is ready to Rock(efeller)…

The 44-year-old Argentine filmmaker has been tapped to direct The Man In The Rockefeller Suit for Fox Searchlight Pictures.

Pablo Trapero

The film tells the true story of Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, an imposter who conned his way into various jobs on Wall Street — as well a marriage — posing as a member of the Rockefeller family. After achieving a life in rarefied social circles, his past finally catches up with him and he fears losing custody of his only daughter.

David Barr Katz has adapted the book by Mark Seal.

This part weekend, Trapero won the Goya Award for Best Ibero-American film for The Clan, which will have a platform release in the U.S. beginning March 19 through Fox. He won the Silver Lion for the picture at last year’s Venice Film Festival, just at it broke the record for largest local-language opening of all time in Argentina.
Trapero has twice had films nominated for Best Foreign Language Film Oscars, for Lion’s Den and Carancho.

Trapero, whose White Elephant premiered in Un Certain Regard at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, chaired the Cannes jury for Un Certain Regard at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.

Argentina Submits Trapero’s “The Clan” as Its Foreign Language Oscar Entry

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Pablo Trapero’s latest project is representin’…

The 43-year-old Argentine filmmaker’s The Clan, which won the Best Director Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival after its world premiere there, has been selected as Argentina‘s entry in this year’s Foreign Language Oscar race.

Pablo Trapero

The film about Argentina’s notorious Puccio crime family is produced by Spain’s Agustín Almodóvar and Pedro Almodóvar and their El Deseo production company.

It’s already a box office hit at home as El Clan, beating the record set by Argentina’s last Academy Award-winning film, 2009’s The Secret In Their Eyes.

And it played well in its North American premiere in the Toronto International Film Festival’s Platform sidebar earlier this month.

Days after Trapero’s Venice win, he was signed by CAA; Trapero has had two films nominated for Best Foreign Language Film Oscars, Lion’s Den and Carancho.

The film was released by 20th Century Fox with Fox International Pictures in Latin America, and Fox will release it in the U.S.

Trapero to Serve as President of the Un Certain Regard Jury at the Cannes Film Festival

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Pablo Trapero is taking on a presidential role at one of the world’s most highly anticipated film festivals…

The 42-year-old Argentinean writer, producer and director has been named the head of the Un Certain Regard jury at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Pablo Trapero

The Un Certain Regard runs parallel to the competition and includes 20 features, which will be unveiled on April 17.

“I am very proud to serve as president of the jury for Un Certain Regard. Proud to take part in another way in the adventure in Cannes,” said Trapero. “Un Certain Regard, where I have presented three of my films, is always a very exciting selection. It brings us grand masters, promising young talent, new countries and new forms of cinema.”

Trapero‘s last appearance at the festival was back in 2012, when he presented his film Elefante Blanco as part of the Un Certain Regard field.

A festival circuit darling, Trapero’s first feature, Mundo Grúa, received the Critics’ Award at the Venice Film Festival in 1999. His second, El Bonaerense, was selected at the 2002 Cannes festival in the UCR section and in 2008, his Leonera screened in Competition. Carancho was also in UCR in 2010.

Trapero’s oeuvre is known for its quasi-documentary style, offering an uncompromising look at contemporary political issues.

He also works with young Argentinean filmmakers via his production company, Matanza Cine.

Trapero follows Thomas Vinterberg who was president last year and gave its top prize to Rithy Panh’s The Missing Picture, which went on to land a Foreign Language Oscar nomination.

The Cannes Film Festival runs from May 14-25. This year’s winner will be announced on May 23.