Marcelo Figueras



Marcelo Figueras (born 1962 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine writer and a screenwriter.

Novels

 * El muchacho peronista
 * El espía del tiempo, (2002)
 * Kamchatka, 2003 (published in English in 2010 translated by Frank Wynne)
 * La batalla del calentamiento, (2007)
 * Aquarium (2009).

Filmography (Screenplays)

 * Rosario Tijeras (2005)
 * Peligrosa obsesión (2004)
 * Kamchatka (2002)
 * Plata quemada (2000) aka Burnt Money and Burning Money

Awards
Wins
 * Cartagena Film Festival: Golden India Catalina Award; Best Screenplay for Kamchatka, 2003.
 * Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor Award; Best Adapted Screenplay, for Plata quemada, 2001.

Nominated
 * Ariel Awards: Silver Ariel Award; Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Source, for Rosario Tijeras, Mexico, 2006.
 * Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor Award; Best Original Screenplay, for Kamchatka, 2003.