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Eugenio Centenaro Kerrigan

William Gauthier better known as Eugenio Centenaro Kerrigan (1878 – December 25, 1956) was an Italian Brazilian film director and screenwriter best known for his work in the Cinema of Brazil in the 1920s. In Campinas, SP, he used to introduce himself as Count Eugenio Maria Piglione Rossiglioni de Farnet, and claimed to be born in Los Angeles in 1878.

Also recorded as E. C. Kerrigan

Eugenio Centenaro Kerrigan

Name
Eugenio Centenaro Kerrigan
Birth Name
Eugenio Centenaro
Born
1878
Birthplace
Modena (more likely Genova), Italy
Died
1956
Place of death
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Nationality
Italy · Brazil · Kingdom of Italy
Occupation
film director · screenwriter
Languages
Italian

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