Eduardo "Teddy" Williams
Birth date1987 (age 39–40)
Birth placeBuenos Aires
Alma materUniversidad del Cine
OccupationFilm director
Years active2010–present
Notable worksThe Human Surge

Eduardo "Teddy" Williams (born 1987) is an Argentine film director. He first studied at Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires, and then in Fresnoy, France, under the tutorship of Portuguese director Miguel Gomes. Williams works within an avant-garde/experimental tradition, and has made the feature film The Human Surge, in addition to a number of short films. His works have been presented at film festivals such as Cannes, Locarno, Toronto and New York.[1] He frequently works with his fellow countryman actor Nahuel Pérez Biscayart.

Pledge

In September 2025, he signed an open pledge with Film Workers for Palestine pledging not to work with Israeli film institutions "that are implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people."[2]

Filmography

  • Tan atentos [So Attentive] (2011, 8 min.)
  • Could See a Puma [Pude ver un Puma] (2011, 18 min.)
  • Alguien los vio [They were seen] (2011, 17 min.)
  • The Sound of the Stars Dazes Me [El ruido de las estrellas me aturde] (2012, 20 min.)
  • That I’m Falling? [Que je tombe tout le temps?] (2013, 15 min.)
  • I forgot! [Tôi quên roi!] (2014, 26 min.)
  • The Human Surge [El auge del humano] (2016, 97 min.)
  • Parsi (2018)
  • No es (2019, 20 min.)
  • The Human Surge 3 [El auge del humano 3] (2023, 121 min.)

References

  1. ^ P.M. Cicchetti, "An Interview with The Human Surge’s Eduardo Williams," Reverse Shot (Museum of the Moving Image), March 2, 2017. * Gustavo Beck, "Embracing Uncertainty: An Interview with Eduardo Williams," MUBI, August 8, 2016. * Leo Goldsmith, "The Wanderer: Eduardo Williams’ The Human Surge," Cinema Scope 68 TIFF 2016. * Vadim Rizov, "The Art of Walking: Eduardo Williams on The Human Surge," Filmmaker Magazine, January 18, 2017. * Mark Peranson, "El auge del humano Archived 2018-12-21 at the Wayback Machine," PardoLive, August 8, 2016.
  2. ^ "Film Workers Pledge to End Complicity". Film Workers For Palestine. Retrieved 2025-09-09.