{{Short description|Chilean actor, director, dramatist and teacher}} {{Infobox person | name = Nelson Brodt | image = Nelson Brodt.jpg | alt = | caption = Nelson Brodt in 2018 | birth_name = Nelson Omar Brodt Chávez | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|08|07|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actor, director, dramatist, teacher | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse = | children = | awards = Santiago Municipal Literature Award (2004) | alma_mater = }} '''Nelson Omar Brodt Chávez''' (born 7 August 1943) is a Chilean actor, director, dramatist, and teacher, with an extensive career in theater, film, and television.
==Career== Nelson Brodt began his career at the Theater of the University of Concepción, where he developed an intense theatrical focus. In 1971 he emigrated to Santiago, where he participated as an actor in the {{ill|Silvia Piñeiro|es}} Theater Company, the Los Cuatro Theater Company, the Nuevo Popular Theater, and the {{ill|Chilean National Theater|es|Teatro Nacional Chileno}}. In these years he also made his television debut on {{ill|Arturo Moya Grau|es}} telenovelas such as ''{{ill|María José (1975 telenovela)|es|María José (telenovela de 1975)|lt=María José}}'' and ''{{ill|J. J. Juez|es}}''.
In 1981 he directed ''{{ill|Hechos consumados|es}}'' by Juan Radrigán. This production was well-received by critics and the public, both in Chile and abroad. He then adapted numerous works, including ''Candida Eréndida'', ''Páramo'', ''Chiloé cielos cubiertos'', and ''Ánimas de día claro''. He also dabbled in dramaturgy, writing plays such as ''Crónica de mujeres'', ''El aprendiz'', ''Siete golpes de arena'', and ''Pide tres deseos''. He took the last on a tour to Spain, where it received praise from specialized critics.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://diario.elmercurio.com/detalle/index.asp?id={0ae299d0-ecf6-48c5-a054-c166499c9d1c} |title='Pide Tres Deseos' Viaja a Barcelona |trans-title='Pide Tres Deseos' Travels to Barcelona |work=El Mercurio |language=Spanish |date=2 February 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011201918/http://diario.elmercurio.com/detalle/index.asp?id={0ae299d0-ecf6-48c5-a054-c166499c9d1c} |archive-date=11 October 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> In 2004 he was distinguished with the Santiago Municipal Literature Award, Theater Genre.<ref name=Municipal>{{Cite news |url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/2004/07/19/153491/nelson-brodt-obtiene-premio-municipal-de-literatura-mencion-teatro.html |title=Nelson Brodt obtiene Premio Municipal de Literatura mención Teatro |trans-title=Nelson Brodt Gets Municipal Literature Award for Theater |work=El Mercurio |language=Spanish |date=19 July 2004 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref>
On television, he has participated in productions such as ''{{ill|Martín Rivas (1979 telenovela)|es|Martín Rivas (telenovela de 1979)|lt=Martín Rivas}}'', ''{{ill|La represa|es}}'', and ''{{ill|La torre 10|es}}'', highlighted by leading roles in ''{{ill|La dama del balcón|es}}'', ''{{ill|Morir de amor (telenovela)|es|lt=Morir de amor}}'', and ''{{ill|La Quintrala (miniseries)|es|La Quintrala (miniserie)|lt=La Quintrala}}''. In 2008 he joined the cast of the hit series ''Los 80'', where he had a lauded performance.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.lun.com/lunmobile/Pages/NewsDetailMobile.aspx?dt=2010-12-21&BodyId=0&PaginaID=34&NewsID=122017&Name=I27&PagNum=3&Return=R&SupplementId=0 |title=Una Pequeña Obra Maestra |trans-title=A Small Masterpiece |first=Leonardo |last=Sanhueza |work=Las Últimas Noticias |page=34 |language=Spanish |date=21 December 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160702232324/http://www.lun.com/lunmobile/Pages/NewsDetailMobile.aspx?dt=2010-12-21&BodyId=0&PaginaID=34&NewsID=122017&Name=I27&PagNum=3&Return=R&SupplementId=0 |archive-date=2 July 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=9 February 2018 }}</ref> In cinema he has acted in films such as ''Hechos consumados'' (1986),<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.memoriachilena.cl/602/w3-article-74360.html |title=Sala llena merecían los Hechos Consumados |trans-title=Hechos Consumados Earns Full Room |work=Las Últimas Noticias |language=Spanish |date=28 November 1986 |access-date=9 February 2018 |via=Memoria Chilena}}</ref> ''Fiestapatria'' (2007),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cinechile.cl/pelicula-56 |title=Fiestapatria (2007) |website=Cinechile |language=Spanish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616184027/http://www.cinechile.cl/pelicula-56 |archive-date=16 June 2017 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> and ''Y de pronto el amanecer'' (2017).
In parallel to his artistic activity, he has taught at various institutions and universities.
==Theater== ===Works as director=== * ''Redoble fúnebre para lobos y corderos'' (1980), Juan Radrigán<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m-NtjsbBSVUC&pg=PA92 |title=Finished from the Start and Other Plays |first1=Juan |last1=Radrigan |first2=Ana Elena |last2=Puga |publisher=Northwestern University Press |isbn=9780810123427 |page=92 |date=22 November 2007 |access-date=9 February 2018 |via=Google Books}}</ref> * ''Hechos consumados'' (1981), Juan Radrigán<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chileescena.cl/index.php?seccion=compania&idColeccion=22 |title=Teatro Popular El Telón |publisher=Chile Escena |language=Spanish |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> * ''Candida Eréndida'' (1983), Gabriel García Márquez * ''Peter and the Wolf'' (1983), Music by Prokofiev * ''Manuel Leonidas Donaire y las cinco mujeres que lloraban por él'' (1984), Alejandro Sieveking, Teatro Itinerante<ref>{{Cite journal |url=http://www.memoriachilena.cl/602/w3-article-86574.html |title=Manuel Leonidas Donaire y las cinco mujeres que lloraban por él |journal=Cuadernos de Teatro |publisher=Ministry of Education |number=11 |language=Spanish |date=March 1985 |access-date=9 February 2018 |via=Memorial Chilena}}</ref> * ''No Exit'' (1984). Jean-Paul Sartre * ''Oedipus Rex'' (1984), Sophocles, adaptation by Isidora Aguirre * ''Páramo'' (1987), Juan Rulfo, dramatic adaptation and direction by Nelson Brodt<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yw0wAAAAYAAJ&q=%22P%C3%A1ramo%22+%22Nelson+Brodt%22 |title=Ercilla, Issues 2704-2727 |publisher=Sociedad Editora Revista Ercilla |page=32 |language=Spanish |year=1987 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> * ''Rinconete y Cortadillo'' (1988), Miguel de Cervantes, dramatic adaptation by Jorge Díaz * ''Chiloé cielos cubiertos'' (1989), María Asunción Requena<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.memoriachilena.cl/602/w3-article-87262.html |title=Ensayan, 'Chiloé, cielos cubiertos' |work=El Mercurio |location=Santiago |page=C12 |language=Spanish |date=1 March 1989 |access-date=9 February 2018 |via=Memoria Chilena}}</ref> * ''Martín Rivas'' (1991), Alberto Blest Gana * ''Alsino mapuche'' (1992). Pedro Prado, dramatic adaptation and direction by Nelson Brodt * ''Tres marías y una rosa'' (1993), David Benavente, Theater of the University of Concepción * ''El Buscón'' (1994), Quevedo, dramatic adaptation and direction by Nelson Brodt * ''Mujeres con trenzas negras'' (1997), collective creation and by Mireya Moreno<ref name=Municipal/> * ''Pide tres deseos'' (1997), staging and direction by Nelson Brodt * ''Life of Galileo'' (1998), Bertolt Brecht * ''Crónica de mujeres'' (1999), staging and direction by Nelson Brodt * ''El aprendiz'' (2000), staging and direction by Nelson Brodt<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://diario.elmercurio.com/detalle/index.asp?id={a5e7776a-48f2-4198-8159-552e77f68c63} |title=Música y Mitos Populares Se Unen en Nuevo Montaje |trans-title=Music and Popular Myths Unite in New Production |work=El Mercurio |language=Spanish |date=31 July 2000 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> * ''Galanes'' (2001), Roberto Fontanarrosa * ''Mamma mía, la policía'' (2001), Dario Fo<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.mercuriovalpo.cl/site/edic/20011125204207/pags/20011125220229.html |title=Nelson Brodt dirige obra de Darío Fo |trans-title=Nelson Brodt Directs Play by Dario Fo |work=El Mercurio de Valparaíso |language=Spanish |date=26 November 2001 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> * ''Siete golpes de arena'' (2003), staging and direction by Nelson Brodt * ''Les Précieuses ridicules'' (2011), Molière, dramatic adaptation and direction by Nelson Brodt<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.lasegunda.com/Noticias/CulturaEspectaculos/2011/05/651586/Vuelve-el-clasico-de-Moliere-Las-Preciosas-Ridiculas |title=Vuelve el clásico de Moliére ''Las Preciosas Ridículas'' |trans-title=Moliére Classic ''Las Preciosas Ridículas'' Returns |work=La Segunda |language=Spanish |date=30 May 2011 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> * ''Ánimas de día claro'' (2013), Alejandro Sieveking, National Theater<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.lanacion.cl/noticias/cultura-y-entretencion/teatro/nelson-brodt-director-animas-de-dia-claro-nos-recuerda-como-eramos-los-chilenos/2013-05-08/123929.html |title=Nelson Brodt, director: 'Ánimas de día claro' nos recuerda como éramos los chilenos |trans-title=Nelson Brodt, director: 'Ánimas de día claro' Reminds Us How Chileans Were |work=La Nación |language=Spanish |date=8 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808001825/http://www.lanacion.cl/noticias/cultura-y-entretencion/teatro/nelson-brodt-director-animas-de-dia-claro-nos-recuerda-como-eramos-los-chilenos/2013-05-08/123929.html |archive-date=8 August 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.elmercurio.com/blogs/2013/05/26/12061/Animas-de-dia-claro-un-aire-fresco.aspx |last=Letelier |first=Agustín |title='Ánimas de día claro', un aire fresco |trans-title='Ánimas de día claro', Fresh Air |work=El Mercurio |language=Spanish |date=26 May 2013 |access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tnch.uchile.cl/2013/animas_de_dia_claro/index4.php |title=Nelson Brodt, director: 'Prodigiosa historia de amor' |publisher=Chilean National Theater, University of Chile Faculty of Arts |language=Spanish |year=2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818174622/http://www.tnch.uchile.cl/2013/animas_de_dia_claro/index4.php |archive-date=18 August 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref>
===Works as playwright=== * ''Pide tres deseos'' (1997), assembled based on figures from Chilean popular mythology * ''Crónica de mujeres'' (1999), work about women's claims in the 20th century in Chile * ''El aprendiz'' (2000), popular satirical comedy<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://diario.elmercurio.com/detalle/index.asp?id={1d470ed6-10de-462f-b679-78ec5365d171} |title='El Aprendiz': Magia con Inspiración Sureña |trans-title='El Aprendiz': Magic with Southern Inspiration |work=El Mercurio |language=Spanish |date=7 August 2000 |access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref> * ''Siete golpes de arena'' (2004), Municipal Literature Award, Theater Genre<ref name=Municipal/><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://diario.elmercurio.com/detalle/index.asp?id={ac0d0121-674b-47dd-b71b-d9b7a29e21ad} |title=Dolida denuncia de la indefensión civil |trans-title=Dejected Complaint of Civil Defenselesness |first=Pedro |last=Labra H. |work=El Mercurio |language=Spanish |date=28 April 2003 |access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref>
===Works as actor=== * ''Tela de cebolla'' (1971), Gloria Cordero, Teatro Nuevo Popular, CUT - UTE * ''25 años después'' (1971), Pedro Vianna, Company of Los Cuatro * ''El embajador'' (1971), Isabel Allende, Company of Los Cuatro * ''La maldición de la palabra'' (1972), Manuel Garrido, Teatro Nuevo Popular, CUT - UTE * ''La viuda de Apablaza'' (1977), Germán Luco Cruchaga, direction by Rafael Benavente<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.fundadoresdelteatrochileno.uchile.cl/German_Luco/Resenas_y_notas_de_prensa/El_retorno_de_la_viuda_apasionada.pdf |title=El Retorno de la Viuda Apasionada |trans-title=The Return of the Passionate Widow |work=El Cronista Dominical |page=10 |language=Spanish |date=24 July 1977 |access-date=15 February 2018 |via=University of Chile}}</ref> * ''Rancagüa, 1814'' (1978), Fernando Cuadra, National Theater, direction by Patricio Campos<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.coleccionesdigitales.cl/webclient/StreamGate?folder_id=0&dvs=1518719896143~30&#search=%22rancagua%201814%22 |title='Rancagüa, 1814' |first=Angélica |last=Lavados S. |work=El Cronista |page=29 |language=Spanish |date=7 April 1978 |access-date=15 February 2018 |via=coleccionesdigitales.cl}}</ref> * ''The Good Doctor'' (1979), Neil Simon, Chamber Theater, direction by Alejandro Castillo<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.chileescena.cl/archivos/colecciones/archivo/apuntes%20n%2098%20teatro%20de%20cmara.pdf |title=Teatro de Cámara, Diez Años de una Compañía |trans-title=Chamber Theater, Ten Years of a Company |first=Eduardo |last=Guerrero del Río |magazine=Teatro Apuntes |publisher=Catholic University |number=98 |pages=117–119 |language=Spanish |year=1989 |access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref> * ''José'' (1980), Egon Wolff, Chamber Theater, direction by Alejandro Castillo * ''Verde Julia'', Paul Ableman, direction by Raúl Barrientos * ''Three Sisters'', Anton Chekhov, direction by Eugenio Guzmán, Theater of the University of Concepción * ''Arlequín servidor de dos patrones'', Carlo Goldoni, direction by Agustín Siré, Theater of the University of Concepción * ''El umbral'', José Chestá, direction by Roberto Navarrete, Theater of the University of Concepción * ''The Zoo Story'', Edward Albee, direction by Raúl Barrientos
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Director |- |1972 |''State of Siege'' |Militante Tupamaro |Costa-Gavras |- |1973 |''La maldición de la palabra'' |Capataz |Pedro Sandor |- |1986 |''{{ill|Hechos consumados|es}}'' |Emilio |Luis Vera |- |2007 |''Fiestapatria'' |Antonio |Luis Vera |- |2008 |''Pinochet boys'' |Agente CNI |Claudio del Valle |- |2014 |''Neruda'' |Ricardo Fonseca |Manuel Basoalto |- |2017 |''Y de pronto el amanecer'' |Padre de Pancho |Silvio Caiozzi |}
===Television series and miniseries=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Channel |- |1979 |''{{ill|Martín Rivas (1979 TV series)|es|Martín Rivas (telenovela de 1979)|lt=Martín Rivas}}'' |Amador Molina |TVN |- |1981 |''{{ill|Amelia (TV series)|es|Amelia (telenovela)|lt=Amelia}}'' |Sargento José Villalobos |TVN |- |1987 |''{{ill|La Quintrala (miniseries)|es|La Quintrala (miniserie)|lt=La Quintrala}}'' |Fray Juan de la Puente |TVN |- |1990 |''{{ill|Crónica de un hombre santo|es}}'' |Padre Gutiérrez |Canal 13 |- |1993 |''{{ill|La patrulla del desierto|es}}'' |Comandante Vergara |Canal 13 |- |2004 |''{{ill|Mea culpa (TV series)|es|Mea culpa (programa de televisión)|lt=Mea culpa}}'' |Javier (Capítulo El Heredero) |TVN |- |2005 |''{{ill|Mea culpa (TV series)|es|Mea culpa (programa de televisión)|lt=Mea culpa}}'' |Álvaro (Capítulo El Tambor) |TVN |- |2008 - 2010 |''Los 80'' |Pedro Herrera |Canal 13 |- |2010 |''{{ill|Adiós al séptimo de línea (TV series)|es|Adiós al séptimo de línea (serie de televisión)|lt=Adiós al séptimo de línea}}'' |Pedro Nolasco Videla |Mega |- |2011 |''Prófugos'' |Pájaro |HBO |- |2013 |''{{ill|Maldito corazón|es}}'' |Del Valle |Chilevisión |- |2015 |''Juana Brava'' |Pepe |TVN |- |}
===Telenovelas=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Channel |- |1975 |''{{ill|María José (1975 telenovela)|es|María José (telenovela de 1975)|lt=María José}}'' | |Canal 13 |- |1975 |''La otra soledad'' | |Canal 13 |- |1975 |''{{ill|J. J. Juez|es}}'' |Ramón |Canal 13 |- |1976 |''{{ill|Sol tardío|es}}'' |Jorge |TVN |- |1984 |''{{ill|La represa|es}}'' |Lucho González |TVN |- |1984 |''{{ill|La torre 10|es}}'' |Camilo Marco |TVN |- |1985 |''{{ill|Morir de amor (telenovela)|es|lt=Morir de amor}}'' |Esteban / Stefano |TVN |- |1986 |''{{ill|La dama del balcón|es}}'' |Milenko Dravichi |TVN |- |1989 |''{{ill|Bravo (telenovela)|es|lt=Bravo}}'' |Salgado |Canal 13 |- |2011 |''Peleles'' |Gerardo Marambio |Canal 13 |- |2016 |''Preciosas'' |Segundo Castillo |Canal 13 |- |2017 |''Wena profe'' |Don Pipa |TVN |}
==Academic activities== * He was creator, director, and teacher of the School of Acting, Bellas Artes neighborhood, Santiago, Chile. * He was director of the USACH Theater Group. * He was professor of "Introduction to Staging" and "Direction of Actors" at the National Film School. * He participates in the Explora-CONICYT Program "Dissemination and Assessment of Science and Technology through Dramaturgy". * He directed the first generation of graduates of Theater Acting, University of Valparaíso.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://uv.cl/pdn/?id=2086 |title=Primeros egresados de Actuación Teatral de la UV presentan montaje a la prensa |trans-title=First UV Graduates of Theatrical Performance Present Assembly to the Press |publisher=University of Valparaíso |language=Spanish |date=10 December 2008 |access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref> * He currently works as a professor of Theater at the University of Santiago, Chile, USACH.
==Awards and distinctions== * Santiago Municipal Literature Award, Theater Genre (20Q04), for ''Siete golpes de arena''<ref name=Municipal/> * ''Hechos consumados'', Best Play of the Year (1981), Art Critics' Circle Award * ''La Cándida Eréndira'', Best Play of the Year (1983), Art Critics' Circle Award * ''Ánimas de día claro'', Special Distinction (2013), Art Critics' Circle Award * ''Hechos consumados'', Best Production of the Season (1981), ''El Mercurio'' newspaper * ''Alsino mapuche'', Best Production (1992), Teatro de la Juventud Festival Award * ''Pide tres deseos'', Best Production and Best Director (1998), Ene Theater Festival, Municipality of Santiago * ''Mujeres de trenzas negras'', Won Traveling Theater Contest of the Ministry of Education * ''The Good Doctor'', "Laurel de Plata" Award of the newspaper ''Las Últimas Noticias'' (1979) * Retrospective show of the work of Nelson Brodt (2000), Auditorium Telefónica, Santiago, Chile<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://diario.elmercurio.com/detalle/index.asp?id={ef10279a-deb1-49eb-9256-bf59a36fc335} |title=El Recopilador del Folclor Teatral |trans-title=The Compiler of Folk Theater |work=El Mercurio |language=Spanish |date=18 January 2001 |access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref> * Invited to the First Festival of Latin American Theater, with ''La Cándida Eréndira'', Córdoba, Argentina (1983) * Invited to the "Comitato Internazionale 8 de Marzo" in Italy, tour with ''Mujeres con Trenzas Negras'' (2000) * Invited to the National Unified Theater Encounter - TENU, meeting with teachers of Chilean theater (2010)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bibliotecanacional.cl/sitio/Contenido/Noticias/7311:MAESTROS-PATRIMONIALES-DEL-TEATRO-CHILENO-SE-TOMAN-LA-BIBLIOTECA-NACIONAL |title=Maestros patrimoniales del teatro chileno se toman la biblioteca nacional |trans-title=Masters of the Chilean Theater Take the National Library |publisher=Biblioteca Nacional de Chile |language=Spanish |date=14 October 2010 |access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref>
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