Nieves Yankovic (1916–1985) was a Chilean actress and documentary maker. "The only woman film director in Chile during the fifties and sixties", her documentary ''Andacollo'' (1958) influenced socially committed documentary in Chile. She has been called "an iconic figure among women filmmakers".

Life

Born in

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, Nieves Yankovic lived in Europe from 1928 to 1942. She was one of the founders of the University of Chile Experimental Theatre. A film actress under the name Nieves Yanko, she made her debut in

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's ''Romance de medio sieglo'' (Romance of half a century, 1944). She also acted in

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's ''Amarga verdad'' (1945),

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's ''El Padre Pitillo'' (1946),

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's '' La dama de la muerte'' (1946), Fred Matter's ''El paso maldito'' (1949),

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's ''El ídolo'' (1952) and Pierre Chenal's ''Confesiones al amanecer'' (1954). Yankovic worked as assistant director under Carlos Hugo Christensen and Pierre Chenal. In 1946 she married Jorge di Lauro, a sound engineer at

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. From 1958 until 1972 the pair directed documentaries together. After the

1973 Chilean coup d'état The 1973 Chilean coup d'état Enciclopedia Virtual > Historia > Historia de Chile > Del gobierno militar a la democracia" on LaTercera.cl. Retrieved 22 September 2006. In October 1972, Chile suffered the first of many strikes. Among the par ...

, Yankovic and her husband worked as teachers.

Filmography

All co-directed with Jorge di Lauro: * ''Andacollo'', 1958 * ''Los aristas chilenos plasticos'', 1959–60 * ''Isla de Pascua'', 1961 * ''Verano en invierno'', 1962 * ''San Pedro de Atacama'', 1963-4 * ''Cuando el pueblo avanza'', 1966 * ''Operacio Sitio'', 1970 * ''Obreros campesinos'', 1972)

References

1916 births 1985 deaths 20th-century Chilean actresses Chilean film directors Chilean women film directors Chilean documentary filmmakers Women documentary filmmakers {{chile-film-director-stub