Lucas Demare (July 14, 1910 – September 6, 1981) was an
Argentine
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film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, pr ...
,
screenwriter
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...
, and
film producer
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prominent in the
Cinema of Argentina
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The Argentine film industry has histor ...
in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
Biography
At the
1943 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, Demare won Silver Condor awards for
Best Director,
Best Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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and numerous other awards for ''
The Gaucho War
''The Gaucho War'' (''La guerra gaucha'') is a 1942 Argentine historical drama and epic film directed by Lucas Demare and starring Enrique Muiño, Francisco Petrone, Ángel Magaña, and Amelia Bence. The film's script, written by Homero Manz ...
'' (1942),
a film which is considered by critics in Argentina to be one of the best films in its history. He won further awards including Best Film and Director for ''
Su mejor alumno'' (1944) at the
1945 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards. He wrote and directed other films such as ''
El cura gaucho'' (1941), ''
La calle grita'' (1948), ''
Mi noche triste'' (1951), ''
Zafra
Zafra () is a town situated in the Province of Badajoz (Extremadura, Spain), and the capital of the comarca of Zafra - Río Bodión. It has a population of 16,677, according to the 2011 census.
Zafra is the hometown of Fray Ruy Lopez, autho ...
'' (1958) and ''
La Boda'' (1964). His last film as a director was ''Hombres de mar'' in 1977. In 1964, he was a member of the jury at the
14th Berlin International Film Festival
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.
He died of a
heart attack
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at the age of 71 in 1981.
His brother was the composer
Lucio Demare who wrote several
film score
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s for Lucas' productions.
Filmography as director
References
External links
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1910 births
1981 deaths
Argentine film directors
Male screenwriters
Argentine male writers
Argentine film producers
People from Buenos Aires
Silver Condor Award for Best Director winners
Argentine people of Italian descent
20th-century Argentine screenwriters
20th-century Argentine male writers
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