Manuel Antín (February 27, 1926 – September 5, 2024) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Manuel Antín was born in
Las Palmas,
Chaco Province
Chaco (; Wichi languages, Wichi: ''To-kós-wet''), officially the Province of Chaco ( ) is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, provinces of Argentina. Its capital and largest city is Resistencia, Chaco, Resistencia. It is located in the north- ...
, in 1926. He first wrote for
Argentine television in 1956 and made his directorial debut in 1962 with his first film: ''La cifra impar'' (Odd Number), based on a story by
Julio Cortázar, (Cartas de mamá). The film''
The Venerable Ones'' earned him a
Golden Palm nomination at the
Cannes Film Festival
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, and his ''
Circe'' (1964), a
Golden Bear nomination at the
14th Berlin International Film Festival. Perhaps his best-known film, the bucolic ''
Don Segundo Sombra'' (1969), earned him a second Golden Palm nomination at Cannes.
In 1983, he was designated as director of the Instituto Nacional de Cine in the government of Raúl Alfonsín.
In 1991, he founded the Universidad del Cine, an institution devoted to film teaching and production.
In 2023, the University of Buenos Aires gave him the title of DR. Honoris Causa.
Antín died on September 5, 2024, at the age of 98.
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Filmography
*'' La Invitación'' (1982)
*'' Allá lejos y hace tiempo (Far Away and Long Ago)'' (1978)
*'' La Sartén por el mango (In the Driver's Seat)'' (1972)
*''Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel José Domingo Ortiz de Rozas y López de Osornio (30 March 1793 – 14 March 1877), nicknamed "Restorer of the Laws", was an Argentine politician and army officer who ruled Buenos Aires Province and briefly the Argentine Confedera ...
'' (1972)
*'' Don Segundo Sombra'' (1969)
*'' Castigo al traidor ( Punishment to the Traitor)'' (1966)
*'' Psique y sexo (segment "La Estrella del desierto")'' (1965)
*'' Intimidad de los parques'' (1965)
*'' Circe'' (1964)
*'' La Cifra impar (Odd Number)'' (1962)
*'' Los Venerables todos (The Venerable Ones)'' (1962)
References
External links
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1926 births
2024 deaths
Argentine film directors
Argentine screenwriters
Argentine male screenwriters
Argentine people of French descent
People from Las Palmas, Chaco
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