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Early Life and Education
Claudia Llosa was born on November 15, 1976 in Lima, Peru. Her mother Patricia Bueno Risso is an artist from Italy and her father Alejandro Llosa Garcia worked in the engineering field. Her siblings are Patricia Llosa and Andrea Llosa. She studied at Newton College located in the capital city of Lima, Peru. Her post-secondary studies were spent majoring in Film Direction at the University of Lima.

Claudia Llosa lived the majority of her life in Peru but moved to Barcelona, Spain in 2000.

Filmography
Claudia Llosa’s first film Madeinusa tells the story of a rural and religious village in Peru and the events that occur over the Easter season due to the belief that during this period of time a person can sin without being punished.

Her debut film was awarded the original script feature at Havana Film Festival in 2003, a FIPRESCI award in 2006, and was a nominee for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.

The Milk of Sorrow was inspired by the era of terrorism which the citizens of Peru experienced in the 1980s-2000s. This era created the Andean Folklore, the one that this movie is based on was the belief that women who experienced trauma during this period of time would pass on their anxieties to their children through their breast milk. The film was shot over a period of six weeks with filming locations in Lima or near the capital. The film was written and directed by Claudia Llosa and the creation of The Milk of Sorrow included the help of cinematographer Natasha Braier and camera operator Guillermo Garcia Meza. Llosa's film gained recognition from awards such as FIPRESCI in 2009 and multiple awards at the Lima Film Festival.

In Lima, Peru The Milk of Sorrow outsold the ticket sales of the film Slumdog Millionaire during its premiere. In the more rural communities of Peru The Milk of Sorrow did not gain the same reception.

Career
Claudia Llosa is the author of children's book La Guerrera de Cristal. This was her first work of literature and was published in 2013.

In an interview with Vice’s Mariano Carranza, Claudia Llosa states that her career as a director over a screenwriter has been because of her “inroad is much more based on images […] Possibly it's because of dyslexia or a symptom of the era [she] was born.”

According to film scholar Sarah Barrows, Claudia Llosa’s films do not portray stereotypes of the indigenous communities of Peru. Although Llosa does not portray these stereotypes her films do not always receive a positive reaction from these communities due to the more serious depiction of them in films and the subject matters surrounding them. Llosa's films tend to focus on the harshness and difficulties these communities may face and for that reason indigenous communities do not see it as complimentary.

Awards and Nominations
Claudia Llosa is the first Peruvian filmmaker awarded the Golden Bear in 2009 for her film The Milk of Sorrow.

Resources:


 * Oppenheimer, J. (2010, 09). An emotional transformation in peru. American Cinematographer - the International Journal of Film & Digital Production Techniques, 91, 28-33. Retrieved from http://proxy.library.carleton.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/docview/821042324?accountid=9894
 * KEY LATIN AMERICAN FILMS OF THE DECADE. (2010, 09). Sight and Sound, 20, 18-19. Retrieved from http://proxy.library.carleton.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/docview/746050327?accountid=9894
 * Barrow, S. (2013). New configurations for peruvian cinema: The rising star of claudia llosa. Transnational Cinemas, Iv(2), 197-215. Retrieved from http://proxy.library.carleton.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/docview/1746481608?accountid=9894