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Andre R. Guttfreund (1946) is a Salvadoran film director, producer and filmmaker who won an Oscar at the 1977 Academy Awards with Peter Werner for Best Live Action Short Film in the production of the 1976 short film In the Region of Ice.

Biography
Guttfreund was the eldest of five children and the son of a Romanian actress and a German diplomat. He attended Verde Valley School in Sedona, Arizona, and was a student at Tufts University. He grew up bilingual, speaking Spanish and German. At the American Film Institute Conservatory, he studied production and directing and graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree. He worked at the José Simeón Cañas Central American University's Centro de Audiovisuales and at the Jesuit School José Simeón Cañas Central American University in El Salvador and then at the Verde Valley School as well as in the companies Tallerista and Presidente Ascine. He has been president of the Salvadoran Film and Television Association (Ascine) since 2012 and was re-elected in 2014. After graduating from his master's degree in theatre in London, Guttfreund was invited there by Walter Béneke, the then Minister of Education of El Salvador, to start the "Educative Television" project with him. In this capacity, he also worked as an adviser to the Ministry of Economic Affairs between 2014 and 2016. In the meantime, he served as an adviser to the Film and Audiovisual Coordination Council and was appointed special envoy by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In 1977, Guttfreund received an Oscar in the category of Best Live Action Short Film for his first film In the Region of Ice, becoming the first and so far only Central American to receive an Oscar. He also directed and produced films such as the TV movie A Perfect Match (1980), the film romance Breach of Contract (1982), the sports drama Abduction of Carry Swenson (1987), the dramatic Western Cabalgando con la muerte (1989) and the mystery drama Femme Fatale (1991), starring Colin Firth, Lisa Zane and Billy Zane. He has also appeared in various roles in television series in the United States and Spain, such as the dramatic series L.A. Law and Picket Fences and the comedy series Periodistas.

Filmography
Unless otherwise stated, directing


 * 1976: In the Region of Ice (short film) producer
 * 1980: A Perfect Match (TV movie) Producer and screenwriter
 * 1982: Breach of Contract
 * 1987: The Abduction of Carry Swenson Producer
 * 1987: The Little Match Girl
 * 1988-1990: Under the California Sun (TV series, 3 episodes)
 * 1989: Cabalgando con la muerte – producer and screenwriter
 * 1990: Superboy (TV series, 4 episodes)
 * 1991: Femme Fatale
 * 1992, 1993: L.A. Law (TV series, 2 episodes)
 * 1994: Picket Fences (TV series, episode Terms of Estrangement)
 * 1999: Periodistas (TV series, 2 episodes)
 * 1999: Emergency Room 2 (video game) and producer
 * 2000: Code Blue (video game)
 * 2001: The Color of War (TV series)

Awards

 * Academy Awards 1977: Oscar winner in the category Best Live Action Short Film with In the Region of Ice.