Boris Quercia

Boris Quercia Martinic (born 31 August 1967) is a Chilean actor, director, writer, and producer. In theater, he stood out for his performance as Roberto Parra Sandoval in the acclaimed work by . As a filmmaker, his first feature film Sex with Love received several national and international awards. As a television director, Los 80 has become one of the most successful Chilean series since its premiere in 2008. And as a writer he has won the Grand Prix of Crime Fiction in France with his second novel, Perro muerto. Biography The son of actor Benito Quercia, Boris studied acting at the University of Chile. He is one of the founders of the Teatro Provisorio company, which later became the , directed by Andrés Pérez, and where he starred in the famed play La negra Ester. Later he joined the company Teatro Sombrero Verde, under the direction of Willy Semler. His career as a film director began with the short film Ñoquis (1995), shot in 16 mm format, followed by El lanza (1997) in 35 mm. In 2000 he premiered L.S.D., the first Chilean film recorded in digital format. Three years later his first feature film, Sex with Love, was released, for which he won the Altazor Award as best director, as well as several other international awards for best film and direction. In 2006 he released his second feature film, . Quercia has been the screenwriter of all his films.