Octavio Getino (August 6, 1935 in
León,
Spain
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– October 1, 2012) was an
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
film director and writer who is best known for co-founding, along with
Fernando Solanas
Fernando Ezequiel "Pino" Solanas (16 February 1936 – 6 November 2020) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter, and politician. His films include; '' La hora de los hornos (The Hour of the Furnaces)'' (1968), '' Tangos: el exilio de Gardel'' ...
, the ''
Grupo Cine Liberación'' and the school of
Third Cinema Third Cinema ( es, Tercer Cine) is a Latin American film movement that started in the 1960s–70s which decries neocolonialism, the capitalist system, and the Hollywood model of cinema as mere entertainment to make money. The term was coined in th ...
.
Getino was born in Spain and migrated to Argentina in the 1950s.
In 1964 he was awarded the ''Premio Casa de las Américas'' for his short-stories book ''Chulleca''. Getino also left a number of essays on cinema and sociology.
From 1989 to 1990, Getino led the Instituto Nacional de Cinematografía (
INCAA
The National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts ( es, Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales, INCAA; also referred to as the Argentine National Film Board) is an agency of the Government of Argentina. It promotes the Argentine ...
).
He died of cancer at 77, on October 1, 2012.
Filmmaker, Author Octavio Getino Dies at 77
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Filmography
*'' The Hour of the Furnaces'' (''Hora de los hornos'', 1968)
*''Argentina, mayo de 1969: Los caminos de la liberación'' (1969)
*''Perón: La revolución justicialista'' (1971)
*''Perón: Actualización política y doctrinaria para la toma del poder'' (1971)
*'' El Familiar'' (1975)
Works as writer
* ''Chulleca'' (short stories, Casa de las Américas, La Habana, 1963)
* ''A diez años de "Hacia un tercer cine"'' (Filmoteca UNAM, 1982)
* ''Notas sobre cine argentino y latinoamericano'' (Edimedios, 1984)
* ''Perú'' (CIMCA, 1985)
* ''Cine latinoamericano'' (Editorial Legasa, 1988)
* ''Cine y dependencia'' (Puntosur Editores, 1990)
* ''Turismo y Desarrollo en América Latina'' (Limusa, 1994)
* ''Las industrias culturales en la Argentina'' (Ediciones Colihue, 1995)
* ''La Tercera mirada'' (Paidós, 1996)
* ''Cine argentino'' (Fundación CICCUS, 1998)
* ''Cine y televisión en América Latina'' (Ediciones CICCUS, 1999)
* ''El cine de "las historias de la revolución"'' (Grupo Editor Altamira, 2002)
* ''Turismo entre el ocio y el neg-ocio'' (Ediciones CICCUS, La Crujía, 2002)
See also
*Cinema of Argentina
Cinema of Argentina refers to the film industry based in Argentina. The Argentine cinema comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of Argentina or by Argentine filmmakers abroad.
The Argentine film industry has histor ...
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1935 births
2012 deaths
People from León, Spain
Argentine film directors
Spanish emigrants to Argentina
Spanish film directors
Deaths from cancer in Argentina
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