Rodrigo Plá (born 9 June 1968 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan
screenwriter and director. He is best known for his 2007 film La Zona
(The Zone).Plá studied photography, screenwriting and direction at
the Centro de capacitación cinematográfica in Mexico City, where he
has lived since he was 9 years old. In 1988 he directed his first
short-film.His 2012 film The Delay was selected as the Uruguayan entry
for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it
did not make the final shortlist.Rodrigo is married to writer Laura
Santullo, who has written all the screenplays for all four of his
full-length feature films, including his latest, Un Monstruo de Mil
Cabezas ("A Monster With a Thousand Heads"), which was based on her
novel by the same name.
screenwriter and director. He is best known for his 2007 film La Zona
(The Zone).Plá studied photography, screenwriting and direction at
the Centro de capacitación cinematográfica in Mexico City, where he
has lived since he was 9 years old. In 1988 he directed his first
short-film.His 2012 film The Delay was selected as the Uruguayan entry
for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it
did not make the final shortlist.Rodrigo is married to writer Laura
Santullo, who has written all the screenplays for all four of his
full-length feature films, including his latest, Un Monstruo de Mil
Cabezas ("A Monster With a Thousand Heads"), which was based on her
novel by the same name.
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