Bettina Perut

Elisabetta Perut Bozzolo (born 25 February 1970) is a Chilean journalist, film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for the documentaries Un hombre aparte and La muerte de Pinochet [es] . Both of these were made in collaboration with Iván Osnovikoff, a director with whom she has done most of her audiovisual work in the documentary field.[ 1] [ 2]

Most of Perut's filmography has been made with Osnovikoff. Her first work was Chi-chi-chi-le-le-le. Martín Vargas de Chile in 2000, which won Best Film at the Valparaíso Film Festival[ 3] and Best Research at the Santiago Documentary Festival in 2001.[ 4] [ 5] This was followed by Un hombre aparte (2001) – which won the jury prize for Best Experimental Documentary at the Havana Film Festival[ 6] [ 7] – El Astuto Mono Pinochet Contra La Moneda de los Cerdos (2004), and Welcome to New York (2006), the latter of which was nominated for a Pedro Sienna Award for Best Short and Documentary Short Film.[ 8] In 2009, Noticias was released, winning Best Experimental Documentary at the Parnü IDF in Estonia.[ 9] [ 10] La muerte de Pinochet [es] (2011) received a special award from the Santiago International Film Festival jury.[ 11]

In addition, Perut has won three Altazor Awards: two in 2002 in the categories Best Direction and Best Creative Contribution, and one in 2007 for Best Direction in Documentary Film. She received a nomination in the same category in 2012.[ 1]