Octavio Getino
Octavio Getino (1935–2012) was an Argentine director, writer and screenwriter.
Octavio Getino
- Born
- 1935 · León.
- Died
- 2012 · Buenos Aires.
- Nationality
- Argentina
- Occupation
- director · writer · screenwriter
- Fields
- film direction · creative and professional writing
- Honours
- Sutherland Trophy · Casa de las Américas Prize · FIPRESCI Prize at Berlinale
- Languages
- Spanish
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Biography
Born at León in 1935, died in Buenos Aires in 2012.
The recorded working language is Spanish. The field of work recorded is film direction and creative and professional writing. Work by Octavio Getino is recorded in the collections of Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and Harvard Film Archive. Distinctions recorded are Sutherland Trophy, Casa de las Américas Prize and FIPRESCI Prize at Berlinale.
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León.
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Buenos Aires.
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- “Octavio Getino”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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