Name Luis Puenzo Role Film director | Children Lucia Puenzo | |
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Born 19 February 1946 (age 78) , ( 1946-02-19 ) Buenos Aires,
Argentina Occupation Film Director, producer, writer Awards Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominations Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Movies The Official Story, The Whore and the Whale, XXY, The plague, Old Gringo Similar People Lucia Puenzo, Norma Aleandro, Aida Bortnik, Hector Alterio, Benjamin Avila | ||
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Luis Adalberto Puenzo (born 19 February 1946) is an Argentine film director, producer and screenplay writer. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina, but has also worked in the United States.
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- La peste di luis puenzo dal libro di alber camus
- La peste 1992 luis puenzo
- Biography
- Observations
- Filmography
- Awards for The Official Story
- References
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Biography
Puenzo was born in Buenos Aires in 1946. He began a successful career in 1965 producing television advertising spots in Argentina. He founded Luis Puenzo Cinema, a production company, with Sergio Tamburri (film editor and trombone player of the famous Porteña Jazz Band); the firm's name was changed to Cinemanía S.A. in 1974.
During Argentina's Dirty War in the mid 1970s and early 1980s many filmmakers became victims of repression and some went into exile; some disappeared. During this difficult time, Puenzo decided to work in advertising.
In the United States he is known for his film Old Gringo (1989), starring Gregory Peck, Jane Fonda and Jimmy Smits.
His film The Official Story (1985) won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film and many other accolades.
Observations
The Official Story, arguably Puenzo's best work, has been lauded by film critics and scholars for bringing to the screen a story that "[is] an excellent point of departure to explore some of Argentina and Latin America’s most salient problems today. As the film deals with its various themes, it shows their impact on individuals in a very personal way, thus making them more immediate." Today, Puenzo's film has become "a staple in many Latin American culture courses throughout the U.S. and Europe, keeping its relevance intact even though it is now well into its second decade."
According to Sandra Brennan most of his films "offer probing, metaphorical portraits of characters and relationships in the face of larger sociopolitical issues."
Filmography
Awards for The Official Story
Wins
Nominations