Biography
Mariano Cohn (born December 1, 1975; Villa Ballester) is an Argentinian film director and producer who works together with Gastón Duprat. They began their career in TV in 1999, when they created and produced Televisión Abierta, an innovative and interactive TV show where the viewers created the content by requesting a cameraman to visit them to record a short clip (less than a minute). They both won the Konex Award Merit Diploma in 2002. Gastón and Mariano met during a regional experimental vid...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Homo Argentum
2025
Director, Writer
Locked
2025
Executive Producer, Original Film Writer
When Eddie breaks into a luxury SUV, he steps into a deadly trap set by William, a self-proclaimed vigilante delivering his own brand of twisted justi...
A Jaula
2022
Executive Producer, Writer
It's just another luxury car being stolen on a street in São Paulo... or not. A thief easily gets into the SUV parked on a quiet street, but when he t...
Official Competition
2021
Screenplay, Director
When a billionaire entrepreneur impulsively decides to create an iconic movie, he demands the best. Renowned filmmaker Lola Cuevas is recruited to mas...
4x4
2019
Director, Screenplay
Buenos Aires, Argentina. A luxurious van is parked on the sidewalk. A man enters with the purpose of stealing whatever he can find, but when he wants ...
Hour - Day - Month
2019
Producer
The story of Bernardo "Nardo" Talavera, a manager of a parking lot that during the day is involved in a tedious routine and at night lets out his most...
My Masterpiece
2018
Producer
Arturo, the successful owner of an art gallery, and Renzo, a talented but decadent painter, are old friends who cannot stop bickering. One day, Arturo...
Borges Está Vivo
2016
Director
Documentary about the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. It is divided into ten episodes, each one with a central theme, in which young writers discu...
All About Asado
2016
Director, Co-Producer, Writer
All About Asado is a trip into the culinary heart of Argentina. Asado, the tradition of grilled meat, is a food and also a ritual. It is primitive and...
The Distinguished Citizen
2016
Director, Director of Photography, Co-Producer
After refusing big and prestigious awards all over the world, Mr. Mantovani, Literature Nobel Prize winner, accepts an invitation to visit his hometow...
Kill Bear
2014
Director
Baby Pong
2014
Director
40 Years in 4 Minutes
2014
Director
Living Stars
2014
Director
In this documentary, Argentinians dance to their favourite hits.
Civilization
2012
Executive Producer
The documentary lyrically and factually explores the life of the prestigious and controversial Argentine artist León Ferrari, featuring unseen footage...
Darling, I Am Going Out for Cigarettes and I Will Be Right Back
2011
Director, Screenplay
Ernesto, an ordinary man who, after making a deal with a strange character, has the chance to return to the past and live his youth again, tries to re...
The Man Next Door
2009
Cinematography, Director
When two neighbours clash, their argument becomes less about proposed building alterations and more about the wider battle between class and social st...
The Artist
2009
Director
A male nurse steals some of one of his patient's drawings and makes money with them.
I Am President
2006
Director, Writer
Documentary based on original and personal interviews with Argentine presidents since the return of democracy in 1983 where they speak direct to camer...
TV service
2006
Director
20/12
2001
Director
Do It Yourself
1998
Director
Video art piece that through irony and sarcasm shows the steps for making video art, as if it were a simple recipe, and making fun of the genre's clic...
Encyclopedia
1998
Director
Circuit
1996
Director
Venimos llenos de tierra
1996
Director
A family tells what they had to do to get to the fifth floor of their home
We Come Full of Dust
1996
Director
Video art that abstractly uses a tourist's home recording made in the north of Argentina. The images of the landscapes and people accompany the narrat...
Hermanos, una historia de sangre
N/A
as Himself
Documentary that follows filmmaker Mariano Cohn's struggle to find the truth behind the mysterious death of his brother in 2015.
Bunker
N/A
Executive Producer
When an architect accepts a morally ambiguous project — building a survivalist bunker for a tech billionaire — his wife begins to question their marri...