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Born in Puerto Montt, Chile, in 1941. He studied theology, law, and social documentary filmmaking. In 1968, he debuted with his feature film “Three Sad Tigers”, which won the Best Film prize at the Locarno Film Festival. Ruiz went into exile in France following the Chilean military coup in 1973. With over one hundred works realized, his credits include “Three Crowns of the Sailor” (1982), awarded at the Cannes Film Festival, “Manuel on the Island of Wonders” (1984), awarded at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, “Three Lives and Only One Death” (1996), “Genealogies of a Crime” (1997), for which he received a prize for outstanding artistic contribution at the Berlinale, “Love Thorn in Dream” (2000), “That Day” (2003), “Nucingen House” (2008), “Mysteries of Lisbon” (2010), winner of the critics’ prize at the 34th Mostra, “Ballet Aquatique” (2011), and “Night Across the Street” (2012), all exhibited at Mostra. In 2010, during its 34th edition, Raúl Ruiz received the Humanity Award. He passed away in Paris in 2011 at the age of 70.