Rafael Filippelli (24 November 1938 – 22 March 2023) was an Argentine film director, producer and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

, Filippelli started working as assistant director in the mid-1950s, and in 1961 he directed his first short film, ''Porque hoy es sábado''. A member of the group "Underground", together with, among others,

Edgardo Cozarinsky Edgardo Cozarinsky (; born 1939 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a writer and filmmaker. He is best known for his Spanish-language novel ''Vudú urbano''. Life Cozarinsky was born to an Argentine family of Ukrainian-Jewish descent. His name reflects ...

, Néstor Lescovich, and , following the

1976 Argentine coup d'état The 1976 Argentine coup d'état was a right-wing coup d'état, coup that overthrew Isabel Perón as President of Argentina on 24 March 1976. A military junta was installed to replace her; this was headed by Lieutenant General Jorge Rafael Videl ...

he moved to exile in Mexico and later in Los Angeles. Returned to Argentina, in 1985 he made his feature film debut with '' Hay unos tipos abajo'', which was followed by '' The Absentee'', which entered the

Moscow International Film Festival The Moscow International Film Festival (russian: Моско́вский междунаро́дный кинофестива́ль, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is the film festival first h ...

. In the 1990s, he directed a film trilogy dedicated to the city of Buenos Aires which mixed documentary and fiction. In 2007, he was awarded best director at the

Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema The Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema (BAFICI, es, Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) is an international festival of independent films organized each year in the month of April, in the city of ...

for ''Música nocturna''. Filippelli was also a film critic and theorist, and served as professor of screenwriting at the

Universidad del Cine Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to: Places * Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico * Universidad (Madrid) Football clubs * Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ...

from its foundation until his death. He died of complications from a minor surgery on 22 March 2023, at the age of 84. He was married to writer

Beatriz Sarlo Beatriz Sarlo (born 1942) is an Argentine literary and cultural critic. She was also founding editor of the cultural journal '' Punto de Vista'' ("Point of View"). She became an Order of Cultural Merit laureate in 2009. Biography Beatriz Sarlo ...

, with whom he often collaborated.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Filippelli, Rafael 1938 births 2023 deaths Film people from Buenos Aires Argentine television directors Argentine film directors Argentine screenwriters Argentine film producers