Octavio Getino (August 6, 1935 in
León,
Spain
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– October 1, 2012 in
Buenos Aires
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,
Argentina
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) was an
Argentine
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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, Film score, score composer and politician. His films include; ''The Hour of the Furnaces, La hora de los hornos (The Hour of the ...
, the ''
Grupo Cine Liberación'' and the school of
Third Cinema
Third Cinema () is a Latin American film movement formed in the 1960s which critiques neocolonialism, the capitalist system, and the Hollywood model of cinema as mere entertainment to make money. The term was coined in the manifesto ''Hacia un te ...
.
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 (, INCAA; also referred to as the Argentine National Film Board) is an agency of the Government of Argentina. It promotes the Argentine film industry by funding qualified Argentine film pro ...
).
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 histo ...
Notes
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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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