# Sebastián Lelio Dies: Oscar-Winning ‘A Fantastic Woman’ Filmmaker Who Also Made ‘The Wonder’ & ‘The Wave’ Was 52

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sebastian-lelio-dies-oscar-winning-a-fantastic-woman-filmmaker-who-also-made-the-wonder-the-wave-was-52/
- Published: 2026-11-06T18:51:38+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T20:04:06+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/11/sebastian-lelio-dead-fantastic-woman-director-1237215711/

## Key points

- Oscar-winning filmmaker Sebastián Lelio has died aged 52.
- His family cited health complications but gave no exact cause.
- His films included *A Fantastic Woman*, *The Wonder* and *The Wave*.

## Summary

Sebastián Lelio, the Chilean Oscar-winning filmmaker behind *A Fantastic Woman*, *The Wonder* and *The Wave*, has died in Santiago aged 52. His family said he died following health complications but did not give a precise cause; his death marks the loss of a director whose work made a significant contribution to Chilean culture.

His 2017 film *A Fantastic Woman*, about a transgender singer confronting grief and discrimination, won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Chile’s only win in the category. Lelio’s later work included *The Wonder*, which received a BAFTA nomination, and *The Wave*, a musical about Chile’s 2018 feminist protests. He had been filming *Chilean Poet* and was developing *Voyagers*, starring Andrew Garfield and Daisy Edgar-Jones.

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