Born in Chile in 1976. He studied audiovisual communication at the University for the Arts, Sciences, and Communication in Santiago. Larraín made his feature-length debut with “Fuga”, in 2005, awarded in Málaga Film Festival. He then directed three films about the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet: “Tony Manero” (2008, 32nd Mostra), “Post Mortem” (2010, 36th Mostra) and “No” (2012, winner of the audience award at the 36th Mostra and the opening film of the edition), awarded at film festivals like Cannes, Havana, Rotterdam and Turim. He also made “The Club” (2015), grand jury prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, “Neruda” (2016), “Jackie” (2016), which won the screenplay award at the Venice International Film Festival and was nominated for three Academy Awards, “Ema” (2019), “Spencer” (2021), which earned another Academy Award nomination, and “El Conde” (2023), which also won the screenplay award at Venice and also Academy Award nominee.