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'''Leticia Caceres''' (1978) is an ]n stage and film director.<ref name="yellowAgency">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cameronsmanagement.com.au/leticia-caeres-stage-director/|title=Leticia Cáceres {{!}} Cameron's Management|website=cameronsmanagement.com.au|access-date=2016-09-23}}</ref>
'''Leticia Cáceres''' (born February 17, 1978) is an ] theatre, TV and film director. She has won many awards for her achievements in directing, at the ], ], ], ], ], and the Tasmanian Theatre Awards.


== Early life == == Career ==
Cáceres was Associate Director for ] from 2013 to 2015,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtc.com.au/about/media/media-releases/2015/12/mtc-farewells-associate-director-leticia-caceres/|title=MTC Farewells Associate Director Leticia Cáceres - Melbourne Theatre Company|website=Melbourne Theatre Company|access-date=2016-09-23|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923160307/http://www.mtc.com.au/about/media/media-releases/2015/12/mtc-farewells-associate-director-leticia-caceres/|archivedate=2016-09-23}}</ref> and Artistic Director of Tantrum Youth Arts between 2006 and 2007.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://newcastlelive.com.au/tantrum-youth-arts-receives-catalyst-funding-grant-from-federal-government/|title=Tantrum Youth Arts receives Catalyst funding grant from Federal Government {{!}} Newcastle Live|date=2016-06-15|work=Newcastle Live|access-date=2018-02-06|language=en-US|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207005323/http://newcastlelive.com.au/tantrum-youth-arts-receives-catalyst-funding-grant-from-federal-government/|archivedate=2018-02-07}}</ref>
Cáceres was born in ]. Her parents, physicist Carlos Cáceres and computer programmer Maria Cáceres, fled Argentina in 1981 during the ], seeking refuge in ]. The family returned to Argentina in 1983 before leaving again in 1989. They initially moved back to Canada, before finally settling in ], ] in 1991. Cáceres studied drama at Indooroopilly state school.<ref name="g1">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jul/20/leticia-caceres-on-death-and-the-maiden-this-play-has-lasted-the-test-of-time |title=Leticia Cáceres on Death and the Maiden: How many versions of truth do we tell? |publisher=] |author=Steve Dow |date=July 20, 2015 |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/flying-high/news-story/6fae5e82d7fd11679f44b8bf9b89b0ca&usg=AOvVaw2a-kkULLRUAsFzUZeJhH-g |title=Flying High |publisher=The Australian |date=July 21, 2012 |access-date=February 9, 2021}}</ref>


Cáceres is co-founder<ref name="theaustralian">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/flying-high/news-story/6fae5e82d7fd11679f44b8bf9b89b0ca?sv=ba24969312d8556d93e971871d809c93|title= Flying High|website=www.theaustralian.com.au|language=en|access-date=2018-02-06}}</ref> of independent theatre company, RealTV <ref name="theaustralian"/> with playwright Angela Betzien. Their work for young audiences include: ''Hoods'', which won the 2008<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.matildaawards.com.au/archives/#m09|title=Archives|website=Matilda Awards|language=en-AU|access-date=2018-02-06|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207005226/https://www.matildaawards.com.au/archives/#m09|archivedate=2018-02-07}}</ref> ] for Best Independent Production, the 2007 ] for Theatre for Young Audiences<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/awards/awgie2007.html|title=Australian Television: 2007 AWGIE Awards|website=www.australiantelevision.net|language=en|access-date=2018-02-06}}</ref> and received a 2008 ] nomination;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/2008/past-nominees-and-winners/presentation-for-children|title=Past nominees and winners {{!}} Helpmann Awards|website=www.helpmannawards.com.au|language=en|access-date=2018-02-06|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206190257/http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/2008/past-nominees-and-winners/presentation-for-children|archivedate=2018-02-06}}</ref> ''War Crimes''; and ''Children of the Black Skirt''.
In 2000, she graduated from the ] with a bachelor's degree in Drama.<ref name="smh1">{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/playhouse-pair-put-politics-centre-stage-20120727-22zoj.html |title=Playhouse pair put politics centre stage |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald |author=Robin Usher |date=July 28, 2012 |access-date=February 8, 2021}}</ref>


⚫ Cáceres's screen credits include ''Wild'', which won Best First Time Director at the 2017 London Film Awards,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://londonfilmawards.com/winners-main|title=Winners|last=User|first=Super|website=londonfilmawards.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-02-06|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704073848/https://londonfilmawards.com/winners-main|archivedate=2017-07-04}}</ref> and ''The True History of Billie The Kid''.<ref name="yellowAgency"/>
== Theatre career ==
Cáceres co-founded theatre company RealTV with playwright Angela Betzien in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/paint-it-black-20111027-1mklr.html |title=Paint it black |publisher=] |date=October 28, 2011 |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref> She was the associate director for ] between 2003 and 2005,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nida.edu.au/productions/in-conversation/videos/leticia-caceres |title=Leticia Cáceres – Thursday 9 July 2020 |website=] |date=July 9, 2020 |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref> artistic director of Tantrum Youth Arts between 2006 and 2007,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://newcastlelive.com.au/tantrum-youth-arts-receives-catalyst-funding-grant-from-federal-government/|title=Tantrum Youth Arts receives Catalyst funding grant from Federal Government {{!}} Newcastle Live|date=June 6, 2015 |work=Newcastle Live |access-date=February 5, 2021 |language=en-US |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207005323/http://newcastlelive.com.au/tantrum-youth-arts-receives-catalyst-funding-grant-from-federal-government/|archivedate=2018-02-07}}</ref> and associate director for the ] from 2013 to 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtc.com.au/about/media/media-releases/2015/12/mtc-farewells-associate-director-leticia-caceres/|title=MTC Farewells Associate Director Leticia Cáceres - Melbourne Theatre Company|website=aussietheatre.com |access-date=February 5, 2021 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923160307/http://www.mtc.com.au/about/media/media-releases/2015/12/mtc-farewells-associate-director-leticia-caceres/|archivedate=2016-09-23}}</ref>

She graduated with a Master's of Dramatic Art (Directing) from the ], ] in 2014.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://mag.alumni.unimelb.edu.au/files/2017/10/3010_SEPTEMBER_2017_COMPLETE_2-1zi9x3p.pdf |format=pdf |issue=2 |year=2017 |title=2017 Helpmann awards |magazine=3010 melbourne university magazine |publisher=Mediaxpress |page=37}}</ref>

== TV and film career ==
Cáceres second film, ''The True History of Billie the Kid'', was shown at the ] in 2018,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mubi.com/films/the-true-history-of-billie-the-kid |title=THE TRUE HISTORY OF BILLIE THE KID |website=mubi.com |access-date=February 9, 2021}}</ref> for which she was selected to participate in the festival's 2018 emerging director program.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://miffindustry.com/assets/PressReleases/MR_Accelerator2018A.pdf |format=pdf |title=ACCELERATOR LAB WELCOMES MOST DIVERSE INTAKE EVER |publisher=Melbourne International Film Festival |website=miff.com.au |access-date=February 9, 2021}}</ref>

In 2019, Cáceres became an artist-in-residence at Start VR.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.if.com.au/leticia-caceres-to-take-up-artist-residency-with-start-vr/ |title=Leticia Caceres to take up artist residency with Start VR |website=if.com.au |date=June 25, 2019 |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref>

She is a recipient of a Screen Australia’s Gender Matters – Brilliant Careers grant.<ref name="fi1">{{cite web |url=https://www.filmink.com.au/screen-australia-2018-developing-developer-recipients-announced/ |title=Screen Australia 2018 Developing the Developer Recipients Announced |author=Travis Johnson |date=March 23, 2018 |website=filmink.com.au |access-date=February 8, 2021}}</ref>

Cáceres is one of the directors of the Australian TV series ].<ref name="g3">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jan/01/bump-review-sharp-sweet-and-surreal-story-of-unexpected-teen-parenthood |title=Bump review – sharp, sweet and surreal story of unexpected teen parenthood |publisher=] |author=Meg Watson |date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Cáceres is married with one child, and has a brother, Marcos.<ref name="g1" /> She identifies herself as a feminist and a political artist.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://audiostage.guerrillasemiotics.com/laetitia-caceres-lena-caminha/ |title=LETICIA CÁCERES & LENA CAMINHA / BEING UNDERSTOOD |website=Audio Stage |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref><ref name="smh1" />


== Awards == == Awards ==
Her production of Leah Purcell's '']'' (]) won four ] including Best Direction and Best Production<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/stage/helpmann-awards-2017-winners-koskys-saul-and-belvoirs-the-drovers-wife-dominate-20170724-gxhlus.html|title=Helpmann Awards 2017 winners: Kosky's Saul and Belvoir's The Drover's Wife dominate|last=Francis|first=Hannah|date=2017-07-25|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2018-02-06|language=en-US|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803144146/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/stage/helpmann-awards-2017-winners-koskys-saul-and-belvoirs-the-drovers-wife-dominate-20170724-gxhlus.html|archivedate=2017-08-03}}</ref> and four Sydney Theatre Awards including Best Direction and Best Production.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sydneytheatreawards.com/history/2016|title=2016 {{!}} Sydney Theatre Awards|website=www.sydneytheatreawards.com|access-date=2018-02-06|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213092400/http://www.sydneytheatreawards.com/history/2016|archivedate=2018-02-13}}</ref> She also won the 2015 Best Director ] Award for her production of ]' ''Birdland'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://artsreview.com.au/33rd-annual-green-room-awards-announced/|title=33rd Annual Green Room Awards announced|date=2016-03-21|work=Australian Arts Review|access-date=2018-02-06|language=en-AU|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116193411/http://artsreview.com.au/33rd-annual-green-room-awards-announced/|archivedate=2018-01-16}}</ref> presented by Melbourne Theatre Company.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtc.com.au/about/the-company/archive/mainstage-2015/birdland/|title=Birdland - Melbourne Theatre Company|website=Melbourne Theatre Company|language=en|access-date=2018-02-06|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018182004/http://www.mtc.com.au/about/the-company/archive/mainstage-2015/birdland/|archivedate=2017-10-18}}</ref>
⚫ In 2008, Cáceres won the award for Best Direction at the Matilda Awards, for ''Hoods''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.matildaawards.com.au/archives/#m09|title=Archives|website=Matilda Awards|language=en-AU|access-date=2018-02-06|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207005226/https://www.matildaawards.com.au/archives/#m09|archivedate=2018-02-07}}</ref>

In 2016, she won the Direction award in the Theatre (companies) category at the 33rd Annual Green Room Awards for ''Birdland''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://artsreview.com.au/33rd-annual-green-room-awards-announced/ |title=33rd Annual Green Room Awards announced |author=Cassie Tongue |website=artsreview.com.au |date=March 21, 2016 |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref>

She won the award for Best Direction of a Mainstage Production at the 2016 Sydney Theatre Awards, and Best Direction of a Play at the 2017, ], for '']''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aussietheatre.com.au/news/winners-2016-sydney-theatre-awards |title=All the winners at the 2016 Sydney Theatre Awards |author=Cassie Tongue |website=aussietheatre.com |date=January 23, 2017 |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/helpmann-awards-2017-winners-koskys-saul-and-belvoirs-the-drovers-wife-dominate-20170724-gxhlus.html |title=Helpmann Awards 2017 winners: Kosky's Saul and Belvoir's The Drover's Wife dominate |author=Hannah Francis |publisher=] |date=July 25, 2017 |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref>

In 2017, she won the Gold Lion Award for Best First-Time Director at the London Film Awards,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://londonfilmawards.com/2017-winners/ |title=2017 London Film Award Winners |website=] |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref> and the Next Gen Student Film Award at the Melbourne Women in Film Festival, for the short film, ''Wild''.<ref name="fi1" />

In 2020, Cáceres won the award for Outstanding Direction in the Professional Theatre category at the Tasmanian Theatre Awards, for ''The Mares''.<ref>{{cite news |url=
https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/6644178/little-voice-wins-big-at-theatre-awards/ |title=Little Voice wins big at 2020 Tasmanian Theatre Awards |author=Lachlan Bennett |publisher=The Advocate |date=February 23, 2020 |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref>

== Theatre productions ==
=== Director ===
* ''The Orphanage Project'' (2003)
* ''Far Away'' (2004)
* ''Memory of Water'' (2005)
* ''Hoods'' (2008)
* ''Children of the Black Skirt'' (2010)
* ''The Dark Room'' (2011)<ref name="smh1" />
* ''Random'' (2011)<ref name="smh1" />
* ''Helicopter'' (2012)<ref name="smh1" />
* '']'' (2013)<ref>{{cite web |url=
https://aussietheatre.com.au/news/leticia-caceres-to-direct-constellations-for-the-melbourne-theatre-company |title=Leticia Caceres to direct ‘Constellations’ for the Melbourne Theatre Company |author=Jan Chandler |website=aussietheatre.com |date=February 6, 2013 |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref>
* ''Miss Julie'' (2013)
* ''Tall Man'' (2013) <ref>{{cite web |url=
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/tall-man-richly-compelling-drama |title=Tall Man a richly compelling drama |website=greenleft.org.au |date=May 5, 2013 |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref>
* ''The Effect'' (2014)
* ''Yellow Moon'' (2014)
* '']'' (2014)<ref>{{cite web |url=
https://aussietheatre.com.au/reviews/mtc-cock |title=MTC: Cock |author=Anne-Marie Peard |website=aussietheatre.com |date=February 14, 2014 |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref>
* '']'' (2015)<ref name="g1" />
* ''Birdland'' (2015)
* ''Mortido'' (2015)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/nov/12/mortido-review-coke-cockerels-and-self-destruction-sydney-style |title=Mortido review – coke, cockerels and self-destruction, Sydney-style |publisher=] |author=Emma Froggatt |date=November 12, 2015 |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://theclothesline.com.au/mortido-stc-sa-review/ |title=Mortido: A Brilliantly Gripping Look At The Human Face Of Drug Trafficking, Presented by Belvoir St Theatre and State Theatre Company of SA – Review |author=Dunstan Playhouse |date=October 20, 2015 |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref>
* ''Egg'' (2016)
* ''The Drover's Wife'' (2016)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/the-drovers-wife-leitica-careers-maxim-boon/VihJSEtKTUw/20-09-16/ |title=Director Leticia Caceres Talks Finding The Present In The Past In 'The Drover's Wife' |author=Maxim Boon |date=September 20, 2016 |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref>
* ''The Distance'' (2016)<ref>{{cite web |url=
https://aussietheatre.com.au/reviews/mtc-the-distance |title=MTC: The Distance |author=Kevin Turner |website=aussietheatre.com |date=March 15, 2016 |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref>
* ''Barbara and the Camp Dogs'' (2017)
* ''The House of Bernarda Alba'' (2018)
* ''Going Down'' (2018)
* ''The Space Between'' (2018)
* ''The Mares'' (2019)

== Films and TV ==
=== Director ===
* ''Wild'' (2017)
* ''The True History of Billie The Kid'' (2018)
* ''Bump'' (2021)<ref name="g3" />


==References== ==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://leticiacaceres.com/}}
* {{IMDb name|id=10594300|name=Leticia Cáceres}}


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Leticia Caceres
File:Leticia Caceres profile.jpg
Born (1978-02-17) February 17, 1978 (age 46)
Argentina
Citizenship
Occupation(s)Theatre and Film Director, Dramaturge
AgentCameron's Management
Websitehttps://leticiacaceres.com/

Leticia Caceres (1978) is an Australian stage and film director.

Career

Cáceres was Associate Director for Melbourne Theatre Company from 2013 to 2015, and Artistic Director of Tantrum Youth Arts between 2006 and 2007.

Cáceres is co-founder of independent theatre company, RealTV with playwright Angela Betzien. Their work for young audiences include: Hoods, which won the 2008 Matilda Award for Best Independent Production, the 2007 AWGIE Award for Theatre for Young Audiences and received a 2008 Helpmann nomination; War Crimes; and Children of the Black Skirt.

Cáceres's screen credits include Wild, which won Best First Time Director at the 2017 London Film Awards, and The True History of Billie The Kid.

Awards

Her production of Leah Purcell's The Drover's Wife (Belvoir St Theatre) won four Helpmann Awards including Best Direction and Best Production and four Sydney Theatre Awards including Best Direction and Best Production. She also won the 2015 Best Director Green Room Award for her production of Simon Stephens' Birdland, presented by Melbourne Theatre Company.

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