Pedro Sienna

Pedro Sienna studied at Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera and Liceo Neandro Schilling. The recorded working language is Spanish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are science fiction. Works named in the authority record are El Húsar de la Muerte. Work by Pedro Sienna is recorded in the collections of Memoria Chilena. Distinctions recorded are National Prize of Art of Chile.

A native of San Fernando, Pedro Pérez Cordero used the professional pen name Pedro Sienna. He briefly studied at the Liceo Neandro Schilling at his birthplace, and completed his secondary studies at the Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera in Santiago. He began his association with film by directing and starring in El Hombre de acero (1917) and Los Payasos se van (1921). In 1925, he wrote, directed and starred in the film considered a classic of Chilean silent cinema, El Húsar de la muerte (The Death Hussar). As a highly respected author, he wrote Muecas en la Sombra, La Caverna de los Murciélagos, Recuerdos del Soldado Desconocido, Memorias de la Vida del Teatro and the biographical La vida pintoresca de Arturo Bührle. On 27 December 1966, at the age of 73, Pedro Sienna was awarded the country's national art prize, Premio Nacional de Arte de Chile. He died in Santiago eight weeks short of his 79th birthday.

As director, writer and actor: • 1925: El Húsar de la muerte As director and actor: • 1917: El Hombre de acero • 1921: Los Payasos se van • 1922: El Empuje de una raza • 1924: Un Grito en el mar • 1926: La Última trasnochada As actor: • 1918: Todo por la patria or El giron de la bandera (directed by Arturo Mario) • 1920: Manuel Rodríguez (directed by Arturo Mario)