Soledad Saieh
María Soledad Saieh Guzmán (29 August 1972 – 29 August 2017) was a Chilean businesswoman, film producer, and cultural manager. Biography. The daughter of businessman Álvaro Saieh and architect Anita Guzmán, Soledad Saieh was the second of five siblings. She studied at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and earned a Master of Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2005 she completed postgraduate studies in arts and philanthropy at the Hayman Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising at New York University. She began her career working in various executive positions in her father's companies, serving as  director at , executive president of the CorpVida group, and director of corporate social responsibility at CorpGroup Inmobiliaria. In 2002 she co-founded the CorpArtes Foundation, devoting herself fully to cultural management and serving as its executive director for seven years. She was a partner at two film production companies, FunkyFilms and Demente Producciones, contributing to the development and commercialization of films such as ' (2014) and ' (2016). She spearheaded the creation of the Santiago International Film Festival (where she acted as a patron for debuting directors such as filmmaker Pablo Larraín, whom she supported to finance and disseminate his film "Fuga