Adrián Saba

• Birth Name — Adrián Bernardo Saba De Muinck • Born — 31 December 1988 • Birthplace — Madrid, Spain • Other Names — Chaplin • Occupation — Film director Screenwriter Film producer • Notable Works — The Cleaner The Dreamer The Erection of Toribio Bardelli • Relatives — Edgar Saba (father) Els De Muinck (mother) Nuria Saba (sister)

Adrián Saba was born in Madrid, Spain on December 31, 1988, son of the Peruvian playwright Edgar Saba and the Dutch director Els De Muinck. At the age of five, the family moved to Lima, his father's hometown. He spent the rest of his childhood and adolescence in the Peruvian capital, where he began to show interest in the world of cinema and theater. He lived in New York for several years, currently residing in Madrid. His sister is the singer-songwriter Nuria Saba.

At the age of 18, he received a Fulbright scholarship to train as a film director at Hofstra University in New York. His graduation thesis, the short film El Río (2010) (based on a story by Julio Cortázar), by which won the first prize at the 11th Martil Film Festival. In 2011, he founded the production company Flamingo Films. In 2012, he released his first film The Cleaner, which received a special mention in the New Directors category at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and also triumphed in the New Voices/New Visions category at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. In 2013, the Cinéfondation of the Cannes Festival selected Adrián as one of the six chosen to be part of its artistic residency program La Résidence in Paris. In that space he developed the script for his second feature film The Dreamer (2016), premiering at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival and winning the award for Best Peruvian Film at the 20th Lima Film Festival. In 2023, he premiered his third film The Erection of Toribio Bardelli at the 27th Lima Film Festival where it competed for Best Picture.

• Year — Title — Director — Writer — Producer — Other — Notes • 2010 — El Río — Short film • 2012 — The Cleaner • 2014 — Pocho — Short film, composer • 2016 — The Dreamer • 2023 — The Erection of Toribio Bardelli