Enrique Piñeyro (born December 9, 1956, in

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turned film actor,

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, crash analyst, aeronautical physician,

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, and

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, working partly in

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. Piñeyro owns Aquafilms, a film production company in Argentina.

Biography

Piñeyro was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1956. His mother, Marcela, was a member of the billionaire Rocca family, which controls the industrial conglomerate

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. Piñeyro graduated as a doctor and went on to become an airline pilot in 1988 in Argentina, where he worked at LAPA, becoming an experienced pilot ( ATP certificate,

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co-pilot,

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captain). Two months prior to the infamous

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crash, Piñeyro voiced his concerns about LAPA's safety policy. Following the plane crash, Piñeyro became somewhat of a public figure in retelling his experiences working at LAPA, which subsequently went out of business. Piñeyro, who had already acted in films five times, went on to star a sixth time in his directorial debut, ''

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'' in 2004 – a partially biographical film where he recounted his battle against LAPA's safety policy before the accident. The film was generally well received, and spun a sequel of sorts, ''

Air Force, Incorporated ''Air Force, Incorporated'' ( es, Fuerza aérea sociedad anónima) is a 2006 Argentine documentary film written and directed by Enrique Piñeyro. The picture was executive produced by Aqua Films' Verónica Cura and produced by Enrique Piñeyro. ...

'', a documentary that criticized the fact that in Argentina the

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is controlled by the

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. Following the film's release, the national government decided to separate the Argentine Air Force from commercial air traffic, which is now responsibility of the Secretary of Transport. Piñeyro has been dubbed "the

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of Argentina" due to his public criticism of specific government corruption, and the favorable results attained from his filmmaking. He has recently written and performed in a play called "Volar es humano, aterrizar es divino" in which he performs, together with two more actors, aeronautical sequences combined with stand-up comedy. The show has seen 10 seasons of success at prestigious Teatro Maipo, in

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, Argentina. This show also ran at Teatros del Canal,

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, Spain in 2019 and 2020. It debuted in Italy with two shows in Milan in November 2022. He is also the co-founder of Innocence Project Argentina, an NGO belonging to the

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, which is "dedicated to providing

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legal and investigative services to individuals seeking to prove innocence of crimes for which they have been convicted, working to redress the causes of wrongful convictions".

Acting filmography

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'' (1991) ''Barbed Wire'' *''

Olympic Garage ''Olympic Garage'' ( es, Garage Olimpo) is a 1999 Argentine drama film, directed by Marco Bechis. The film was produced by Marco Bechis, Enrique Piñeyro (from Argentina), Amedeo Pagani (Italy), and Eric Heumann (France). Executive producers Dan ...

'' (1999) *'' Waiting for the Messiah'' (2000) *''Sons and Daughters'' (2001) *''Dormir al sol'' (2003) *''

'' (2004) *''

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'' (2005) *''

'' (2006) *''Hotel Tívoli'' (2007) *'' El Rati Horror Show'' (2009)

Directing filmography

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'' (2004) *''

'' (2006) *'' Bye Bye Life'' (2008) *'' El Rati Horror Show'' (2009)

Theatre

"Volar es humano, aterrizar es divino" (2014 to 2020)

References

External links

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Aqua films
Official website * 1956 births Argentine male film actors Argentine film directors Argentine film producers Argentine screenwriters Male screenwriters Argentine male writers Living people Italian emigrants to Argentina {{Argentina-film-director-stub