Adrián Saba

Adrián Saba (born December 31, 1988) is a Peruvian-Spanish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing the films The Cleaner and The Erection of Toribio Bardelli, both were selected as the Peruvian entry in the Best International Feature Film at the 86th Academy Awards and the 96th Academy Awards respectively. He also wrote and directed the film The Dreamer which premiered at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. 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.