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Ariel Winograd

Ariel Winograd

Director and writer · Born August 23, 1977 (49) · Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ariel Winograd was born in Buenos Aires on August 23, 1977. He graduated as a director from the Universidad del Cine. Winograd's first works as a director were four short films, which, as a particularity, all of them were led by dwarf actors. Later he made a documentary titled Fanatics. His first feature film was Cheese Face, a film based on his own life.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 23, 1977 (49)
From
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Works as
Director and writer
Titles
13 on Motif · 26 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 38% in 30 days

What are Ariel Winograd's films like?

Across their 11 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 8 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

Grounded 8 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

A split, not a type: Gentle 6 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

Steady 6 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 3

A split, not a type: Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1

Casual 7 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Hopeful
4
Joyful
4
Melancholic
3
Absurd
3
Other
9

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ariel Winograd's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 13 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Ariel Winograd's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

26 credits, 13 with a Motif page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • A Time for Bravery(2025)

    Director

    Motif score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Menem: The President Show(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

    Motif score: 72nd percentile of all shows
  • O Combinado Não Sai Caro (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • Motif score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Coppola, the Agent(2024)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Creator

    Motif score: 65th percentile of all shows
  • El gerente(2022)

    Director

    Motif score: 75th percentile of all films
  • ¿Y cómo es él? (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2022)

    Director

  • Motif score: 50th percentile of all films
  • Las Bravas F.C.(2022)

    Show Director

    Motif score: 62nd percentile of all shows
  • (upa) una pandemia argentina (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • 10 Days with Dad(2020)

    Original Film Writer

    Motif score: 21st percentile of all films
  • Motif score: 90th percentile of all films
  • Tod@s caen(2019)

    Director

    Motif score: 37th percentile of all films
  • 10 Days Without Mom (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • That's Not Cheating (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Dispuesto a todo (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · Producer

  • No Kids(2015)

    Director

    Motif score: 56th percentile of all films
  • Upa! 2: El regreso (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • Volley(2014)

    Thanks

    Motif score: 57th percentile of all films
  • To Fool a Thief(2013)

    Director

    Motif score: 55th percentile of all films
  • My First Wedding (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • La ronda (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2008)

    Executive Producer

  • Cheese Head (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2006)

    Director · Writer

  • Fanáticos (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Writer

  • El juego: Buenos Aires Hip Hop (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • 100% lana (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    Director · Script

Career shape

A full career of 25 titles, 24 of them dated from 1999 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 25: 2 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting19 of 25: 14 only directing, 5 with another role · typical Motif score57thWriting3 of 25: 1 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing3 of 25: 2 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew3 of 25: 1 only other crew, 2 with another role

25 titles, 5 with more than one role — directing and other crew overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1990s1 · crew2000s3 · crew2010s9 · 1 acting · 8 crew2020s11 · 1 acting · 10 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.

How do Ariel Winograd's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Motif score across 13 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th1

Reviewers score the pacing 61/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Ariel Winograd work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ariel Winograd's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Félix Monti shares the most, 5.

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers