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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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.
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• 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
Selected director filmography
Selected director filmography
• Sofrer Para Gozar (1923) • Quando Elas Querem (1925) • Corações em Suplício (1926) • Amor que Redime (1928) • Revelação (1929)
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