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Fernando Birri

Film Director / Screenwriter / Poet | * 03/13/1925 († 92, 12/27/2017) | Santa Fe (Argentina)
Fernando Birri (March 13, 1925 – December 27, 2017) was an Argentine film maker and theorist. He was considered by many to be the father of the new Latin American cinema. ()

Fernando Birri was an Argentinian filmmaker, poet, painter, teacher and film school founder, and has been a key figure in Latin American cinema.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Drama | Fantasy

Known for these Movies & Shows

Tells the story of a poor family, inhabitants of the southern province of Santa Fe, who is forced to move into an abandoned railroad until waters recede Salado river wagon. ...

Flooded Out

Certification unknown

1962 | 3.6/5 | 1h 22min
Drama
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An elderly man with wings is blown off course during a tropical storm in this symbolic fantasy. The Old Man lands near a Caribbean island where a poor family gives him shelter in a chicken coop. Fathe ...

A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

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1988 | 2.3/5 | 1h 30min
Fantasy, Drama
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Explores the complex relationship between the spirit, body, and mind. The film is a nightmare with closed eyes because it counts among the most terrible moments of my life, my second exile, which last ...

ORG

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1979 | 2.7/5 | 2h 57min
Fantasy, Drama, Horror
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Narrated [not only] with puppets, a dramatic vision of Latin America throughout the 20th century with its constant ferment of dictatorships, hunger, corruption, civil wars, heroic episodes and spilled ...

Century of the Wind

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1999 | 2.9/5 | 1h 30min
Documentary
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Awards & Nominations for Fernando Birri

Ordem do Mérito Cultural Guggenheim Fellowship
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Movies with Fernando Birri as Actor(15)

2017 Tie Your Plow to a Star
2013 Vanishing landscapes
as himself2012 Fernando Birri, el utópico andante
2009 Carpani, vida y obra
2002 Rocha Que Voa
2002 Un tal Ragone: deconstruyendo a Pa
1999 Soriano
1996 Trece Segundos
1988 A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
as Mateo1983 The Compass Rose
1981 Compañero Fernando
as Scattered Soldiers' Lieutenant1955 Abandoned
1954 The Cheerful Squadron
1954 Attila
1954 Ho ritrovato mio figlio

Movies with Fernando Birri as Crew(20)

Directing/Director2011 El Fausto Criollo
Directing/Director1999 Century of the Wind
Writing/Writer1999 Century of the Wind
Directing/Director1999 Che: muerte de la utopia?
Directing/Director1998 Entangling Shadows
Directing/Director1988 A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
Writing/Screenplay1988 A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
Directing/Director1985 Mi hijo el Che
Writing/Writer1985 Mi hijo el Che
Directing/Director1984 Rafael Alberti: A Portrait of the Poet by Fernando Birri
Writing/Writer1981 Compañero Fernando
Directing/Director1979 ORG
Writing/Writer1979 ORG
Directing/Director1963 La Pampa Gringa
Writing/Writer1963 La Pampa Gringa
Directing/Director1962 Flooded Out
Writing/Writer1962 Flooded Out
Directing/Director1959 La primera fundación de Buenos Aires
Directing/Director1958 Toss Me a Dime
Writing/Writer1958 Toss Me a Dime

Full Name: Fernando Birri
Citizenship: Argentina
Born: Friday, 03/13 1925 (March) in Santa Fe (Argentina)
Died: Wednesday, 12/27 2017 (December) in Rome (aged: 92)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: Spanish (ES)
Educated at: Experimental Centre of Cinematography
Fernando Birri frequently works together with these people:
Jerónimo Carranza (4x, Crew)
Gabriel García Márquez (4x, Crew)
Eduardo Galeano (4x, Actor)
Terence Hill (3x, Actor)
Glauber Rocha (3x, Actor)
Humberto Ríos (3x, Crew)
Julio García Espinosa (3x, Crew)
Vanessa Ragone (3x, Crew)
Mario Fezia (3x, Crew)
Rodrigo Paz (3x, Crew)
Doris Carpani (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:257601, Added: 08/09/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024