Valentín Pimstein Weiner (August 9, 1925 – June 27, 2017) was a Chilean
producer of
telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...
s.
Biography
Pimstein was the seventh child of nine in a Belarusian Jewish family (from Minsk), which owns a glass shop in Barrio Brasil in Santiago. His fondness for the romantic and melodramatic stories born under the eaves of his mother, a frequent consumer of Mexican films and soap operas, and developed in parallel with his interest in theater.
After fulfilling adulthood, Pimstein decided to leave his native country in search of adventure. He came to Mexico, where he became assistant director of a film studio assistant by day and a nightclub. There, he met
Emilio Azcárraga Milmo
Emilio Azcárraga Milmo or Emilio Azcárraga Jr. (September 6, 1930 in San Antonio, Texas - April 16, 1997 outside Miami, Florida) was a Mexican-American businessman and the son of Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta and Laura Milmo Hickman. He was educ ...
, at that time owner of
Telesistema Mexicano
Telesistema Mexicano was the predecessor of Televisa. Telesistema Mexicano was a television alliance made up of the independently owned television flagship stations XEW-TV, XEW Canal 2, XHTV-TV, XHTV Canal 4, and XHGC-TV, XHGC Canal 5 in Mexico, D ...
.
Pimstein died in Chile on June 27, 2017.
Filmography
Selected filmography
Film
* Napoleoncito (1964)
* Bala perdida (1960)
* Vivir del cuento (1960)
* Las tres pelonas (1958)
* The Living Idol (1957)
References
External links
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1925 births
2017 deaths
Chilean film producers
Chilean Jews
Chilean people of Belarusian-Jewish descent
People from Santiago
Chilean emigrants to Mexico