Octavio Getino, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Octavio Getino

Argentine film director and writer

Date of Birth: 06-Aug-1935

Place of Birth: León, Castile and León, Spain

Date of Death: 01-Oct-2012

Profession: film director

Nationality: Argentina

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Octavio Getino

  • Octavio Getino (August 6, 1935 in León, Spain – October 1, 2012) was an Argentine film director and writer who is best known for co-founding, along with Fernando Solanas, the Grupo Cine Liberación and the school of Third Cinema. 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). He died of cancer at 77, on October 1, 2012.

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