{{short description|Chilean filmmaker}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{family name hatnote|Quercia|Martinic|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox person | name = Boris Quercia | image = Quercia, Boris -FILSA 20171110 fRF06.jpg | alt = | caption = November 2017 | birth_name = Boris Vincenzo Quercia Martinic | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|08|31|df=yes}} | birth_place = Santiago, Chile | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | other_names = | occupation = Actor, film and theater director, writer | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | children = | awards = Altazor Award (2004–2005, 2009–2011) | alma_mater = University of Chile }} '''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 ''{{ill|La negra Ester|es}}'' by {{ill|Andrés Pérez (theater director)|es|Andrés Pérez (director de teatro)|lt=Andrés Pérez}}. 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.<ref name=Altazor>{{Cite web |url=http://www.premioaltazor.cl/boris-quercia |title=Boris Quercia |publisher=Altazor Award |language=Spanish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831225024/http://www.premioaltazor.cl/boris-quercia |archive-date=31 August 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=13 April 2018 }}</ref>
He is one of the founders of the Teatro Provisorio company, which later became the {{ill|Gran Circo Teatro|es}}, 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.<ref name=Altazor/>
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.<ref name=Altazor/> In 2006 he released his second feature film, ''{{ill|El rey de los huevones|es}}''. Quercia has been the screenwriter of all his films.
In television, he directed the first five seasons (2008–2012) of ''Los 80'', which became one of the most successful series in Chile. He eventually decided to leave the series to be able to act in the {{ill|El hombre de tu vida (2013 TV series)|es|El hombre de tu vida (serie de televisión de 2013)|lt=Chilean adaptation}} of the successful Argentine series ''{{ill|El hombre de tu vida|es}}''. About this change, he says that when he was invited to participate in the casting he felt insecure because he had never played the role of conqueror. "Well, I did the casting the same and they liked it and they insisted that I do the character. The problem is that I was going to run into ''Los 80'' and I had to make a very complicated decision, because I feel very good about that project. Somehow, I did five seasons as a director, I wrote several scripts, then it was complicated."<ref name=costó>{{Cite magazine |url=http://diario.elmercurio.com/2013/07/05/wiken/_portada/noticias/95C9C5FA-CB33-4FF8-82D7-B4C632AEC8A4.htm?id={95C9C5FA-CB33-4FF8-82D7-B4C632AEC8A4} |title=Boris Quercia: 'Me costó irme de los 80' |trans-title=Boris Quercia: 'It Cost Me to Leave Los 80' |first=Ernesto |last=Garratt Viñes |magazine=El Mercurio Wikén |language=Spanish |date=5 July 2013 |access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref>
[[File:Arriaga, Guillermo & Quercia, Boris -FILSA 20171110 fRF01.jpg|thumb|left|With Guillermo Arriaga at FILSA 2017]]
In 2010 Quercia published his first novel, ''Santiago Quiñones, tira''. About his writing career, he said in 2013: "I have to find more spaces to devote myself to writing, but it is one of the things that I am most passionate about, and the experience of the novel was very good. I liked it a lot. Furthermore, I think it built a character that I could follow in other instances."<ref name=costó/>
His second detective novel was released in France in 2015, ''Perro muerto'' (''Tant de chiens'', translated by Isabel Siklodi, Editorial Asphalte) starring the same character, PDI detective Santiago Quiñones. The following year, the book won that country's Grand Prix of Crime Fiction in the Foreign Novel category.<ref name=Regresa>{{Cite news |url=http://www2.latercera.com/noticia/regresa-santiago-quinones-detective-boris-quercia/ |title=Regresa Santiago Quiñones, el detective de Boris Quercia |trans-title=Boris Quercia's Detective Santiago Quiñones Returns |first=Javier |last=García |work=La Tercera |language=Spanish |date=3 December 2016 |access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref> This award, which in French is called ''Grand prix du roman noir'', has been given annually since 2009 within the framework of the Beaune International Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.prix-litteraires.net/prix/326,grand-prix-du-roman-noir-francais.html |title=Grand Prix du Roman Noir Français |trans-title=Grand Prix of French Crime Fiction |publisher=Prix-litteraires.net |language=French |access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref>
Quercia plans to create a trilogy with his detective, with whom he also wants to make a television series.<ref name=Regresa/>
His brother Antonio is a director of photography, and they have worked together on several projects, including the series ''El hombre de tu vida''.<ref name=costó/>
==Works== {{col-begin}} {{col-break}} ===Film=== ====Actor==== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Year !! Film !! Role |- | 1993 || ''Johnny 100 Pesos'' || Parker |- | 1994 || ''Pelea de fondo'' (short) || |- |rowspan="2"| 1995 || ''{{ill|Vine a decirles que me voy|es}}'' (short) || |- | ''Asfalto sin rumbo'' (short) || |- | 1996 || ''{{ill|Mi último hombre|es}}'' || Rodrigo |- |rowspan="2"| 1997 || ''El lanza'' (short) || |- | ''{{ill|Historias de fútbol|es}}'' || René |- | 1998 || ''{{ill|El hombre que imaginaba|es}}'' || Aníbal |- | 1999 || ''{{ill|El desquite (1999 film)|es|El desquite (película de 1999)|lt=El desquite}}'' || Guillermo |- |rowspan="2"|2000 || ''L.S.D'' || |- | ''Coronation'' || Andrés joven |- | 2002 || ''La perra'' || |- | 2003 || ''Sex with Love'' || Emilio |- | 2006 || ''{{ill|El rey de los huevones|es}}'' || Anselmo |- | 2008 || ''Chile puede'' || Guillermo |- | 2009 || ''{{ill|Súper, todo Chile adentro|es}}'' || Hugo |}
====Director==== * 1995 – ''Ñoquis'' (short) * 1997 – ''El lanza'' (short) * 2000 – ''L.S.D'' * 2003 – ''Sex with Love'' * 2006 – ''{{ill|El rey de los huevones|es}}''
====Screenwriter==== * 1995 – ''Ñoquis'' (short) * 1997 – ''El lanza'' (short) * 1999 – ''{{ill|El desquite (1999 film)|es|El desquite (película de 1999)|lt=El desquite}}'' * 2000 – ''L.S.D'' * 2003 – ''Sex with Love'' * 2006 – ''{{ill|El rey de los huevones|es}}'' * 2008 – ''Chile puede''
====Producer==== * 1997 – ''El lanza'' (short) * 2006 – ''Kiltro'' {{col-break}} ===Television=== ====Actor==== * 1991 – ''{{ill|Ellas por ellas|es}}'', as Manolo * 1995 – ''Matías, el cuentacuentos'', as Matías * 1995 – ''El amor está de moda'', as Domingo * 1996 – ''{{ill|Marrón Glacé, el regreso|es}}'', as Ciro Chaquib * 1996 – ''Vecinos puertas adentro'', as Eugenio * 1997 – ''{{ill|Eclipse de luna|es|Eclipse de luna (telenovela)}}'', as Alejandro Llich * 1998 – ''{{ill|Amándote (Chilean TV series)|es|Amándote (telenovela de 1998)|lt=Amándote}}'', as José Ignacio Bermúdez * 1999 – ''{{ill|Fuera de control (TV series)|es|lt=Fuera de control}}'', as Gino Mackenzie * 2000 – ''{{ill|Sabor a ti (Chilean TV series)|es|Sabor a ti (telenovela chilena)|lt=Sabor a ti}}'', as Fidel Castro Castro * 2013 – ''{{ill|El hombre de tu vida (2013 TV series)|es|El hombre de tu vida (serie de televisión de 2013)|lt=El hombre de tu vida}}'', as Hugo Canales * 2015 – ''Entre caníbales'', as Samuel Amerman
====Director==== * 2004 – ''{{ill|Geografía del deseo|es}}'' * 2007 – ''{{ill|Huaiquimán y Tolosa|es}}'' * 2008 – ''Los 80'' – 1st season * 2009 – ''Los 80'' – 2nd season * 2010 – ''Los 80'' – 3rd season * 2011 – ''Los 80'' – 4th season * 2012 – ''Los 80'' – 5th season
===Books=== * 2008 – ''Sex with Love'', screenwriter of the film of the same name (Ocho Libros Editores) * 2014 – ''Santiago Quiñones, tira'' (Random House Mondadori; translated into French by Baptiste Chardon as ''Les Rues de Santiago'') * 2015 – ''Perro muerto'' (translated into French by Isabel Siklodi as ''Tant de chiens'') {{col-end}}
==Awards== {|class="wikitable" ! Year !! Award !! Category !! Work !! Result |- ||2004 || rowspan=7 | Altazor Award<ref name=Altazor/> || Direction: Film ||''Sex with Love''|| {{Yes|Winner}} |- |rowspan=2 |2005 || Direction: Drama || ''{{ill|Geografía del deseo|es}}'' || {{Yes|Winner}} |- |Screenwriter || ''Geografía del deseo'' || {{Yes|Winner}} |- |rowspan=2 |2009 || Direction: Drama || ''Los 80'' || {{Yes|Winner}} |- |Screenwriter || ''Los 80'' || {{Yes|Winner}} |- |2010 || Direction: Drama || ''Los 80'' || {{Yes|Winner}} |- |2011 || Direction: Drama || ''Los 80'' || {{Yes|Winner}} |- |2016 || Grand Prix of Crime Fiction<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.elmostrador.cl/cultura/2016/09/27/boris-quercia-gana-importante-premio-de-novela-policial-en-francia/ |title=Boris Quercia gana el Gran Premio de Literatura Policial en Francia |trans-title=Boris Quercia Wins the Grand Prix of Crime Fiction in France |last=Fajardo |first=Marco |work=El Mostrador |language=Spanish |date=27 September 2016 |access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref> || Foreign Novel || ''Tant de chiens'' (''Perro muerto'') || {{Yes|Winner}} |}
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