Israel Adrián Caetano (born 1969 in Montevideo, Uruguay), known as Adrián Caetano, is a Uruguayan film director, producer and screenwriter.
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Biography
He's often credited as Adrián Caetano. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina and at times, he obtains funding for his films in Europe. He lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
At age of sixteen, his family moved to Córdoba, Argentina. When he was older, he shot several short videos including Visite Carlos Paz, and Calafate.
In 1995, Caetano won a prize in a script contest he entered. The money won allowed him to film the short Down Hill (Cuesta abajo), his first work filmed in 35mm. Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes (1998, co-directed with Bruno Stagnaro) followed. The film was well received at the various film festivals where it screened.
In 1996, Caetano won a Media Arts Fellowship, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation in New York City.
