A few hours after the delivery of Oscar Awardsin what will be the 97 edition of the Awards of the Academy of Sciences and Cinematographic Arts of the United States, It was known that two Argentines have chances of winning the gold statuette. The ceremony will be this Sunday March 2 In the Dolby de los Angeles theater And the host will be the television presenter Conan O’Brien.
While the flashes will stay with “Emilia Pérez”, “Wicked” and “The Brutalist”, among other high points of the ceremony, there will be two compatriots who will bid for the Oscar tonight.
2025 Oscar Awards: Two Argentines with chances of winning the gold statuette
they are Pablo Helman and Nelson Sepúlveda-Fauser, who work at the Light & Magic Industrial Company, created by George Lucas, and that will compete with each other. That is, there will be only one winner.
Helman and Sepúlveda-Fause are dedicated to the visual effects and their great task in this year catapulted them to the Oscar nomination), tonight compete with each other.
Both will compete precisely in the list of better visual effects. Helam will do it for the Oscar candidate for best film WICKEDwhile Sepúlveda-Fause goes with Alien: Romulus.
Both were nominated together in 2020, for the effects of The Irishthe movie of Martin Scorseseand aged and rejuvenated the characters of Robert de Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci, Clarín explained.
Who is Pablo Helman, the Argentine who goes for the 2025 Oscar Award with “Wicked”
Helman is a native of Mar del Plata and this is his fourth Oscar nomination. He was drummer of the Los Moros band, before leaving for the United States.
It has four Oscar candidacies for visual effects on films Star Wars: Episode II, by George Lucas; The War of the Worlds, by Steven Spielberg; And he spent four years working on the Irishfor which he obtained his third nomination.
In it, together with Nelson Sepúlveda-Fauser and another Argentine, Leandro Estebecorena (the reborn) supervised the 500 artists who worked on the effects of the film.
Who is Nelson Sepúlveda-Fauser, the Argentine who goes for the 2025 Oscar Award with “Alien: Romulus”
For its part, to Nelson Sepúlveda-Fauser It will be your second nomination. The specialist in visual effects integrates the team that did the work for “ALIEN: Romulus “directed by the Uruguayan Fede Alvarez.
Sepúlveda-Fauser also works at Industrial Light & Magic and has been part of the Hollywood world for 35 years. He began his career in 1989, when he was he was a music director of Music, based in the city of Los Angeles, where he lives today.
From there he hit the jump to the visual effects in the ’90s, where he worked in companies such as Cinesite, CentroPolis FX and Weta Digital Ltd., participating in different films, of “Waterworld”, “Matilda” and “Space Jam” A “Godzilla”, the second and third of “Matrix” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”.
In “The Return of the King,” Sepúlveda-Fauser was part of the visual effects team although he did not head the same. Already in 2004 he began working at Industrial Light & Magic, starting with “Star Wars Episode III: The revenge of the Sith”. The number of films in which he participated is innumerable, standing out in other Hits of Hollywood such as “The War of the Worlds”, two of “Harry Potter”, “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “The Ninja and” Transformers “turtles. Also, in the first of” Avengers “, and in” Avengers; Infinity War. “
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Oscar 2025: What time is it and where to see the ceremony
The Oscar awards ceremony will be this Sunday March 2 at the Dolby theater in Los Angeles. The most prestigious cinema event will be broadcast live by TNT and Max in Latin America on March 2 at 21 (Argentine time). The transmission will begin with the special pre-show from the red carpet, meeting point, starting at 20 (Argentine time) with the driving of Lety Sahagún and Axel Kuschevatzky.
The ceremony will feature the comments of Ileana Rodríguez and Rafa Sarmiento, with a live translation of Flor Coianis and Carlos Arroyo.
There will parade the most outstanding film stars of the season in search of taking home the desired statuette, awarded by the Academy of Arts and Film Sciences. This year, “Emilia Pérez “ She is the candidate who leads the nominations with a total of 13, while “The Brutalist ” and “WICKED “ They follow with a total of 10 each.
Oscar 2025: Who is Conan O’Brien, the host of the ceremony
The Oscars will take place at the Dolby Theater in Ovation Hollywood, where the most outstanding figures of international cinema will meet.
The ceremony will be conducted by the television presenter, writer, producer and comedian winner of the Emmy Conan O’Brienwho will debut as host of the Oscars.
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