Fernando Birri
Date of birth: 1925-03-13
Place of birth: Santa Fe, Argentina
Known for: Directing
Also known as:
Biography
Fernando Birri was an Argentinian filmmaker, poet, painter, teacher and film school founder, and has been a key figure in Latin American cinema.
Movie Credits
Compañero Fernando
1981-01-01
This documentary is a portrait made in Mexico by a group of Argentine exiles, directed by the painte
BirriLata, Around by Train
2015-11-05
Few people in Argentine and Latin American cinema have been as close as Fernando Birri to stand as a
Attila
1954-12-27
Attila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans "The Scourge of God", sweeps onto
Ho ritrovato mio figlio
1954-12-19
A young boy, about to take his first communion, must wrestle with his familial loyalty and his consc
Abandoned
1955-09-07
A group of rich young intellectuals hiding from the war in rural Italy play at being partisans when
Un tal Ragone: deconstruyendo a Pa
2002-01-01
This documentary deconstructs the life of my father, Carlos Ragone, based on his work as a photograp
Amizade
2009-01-01
Historias Breves II: Trece Segundos
1996-01-01
What goes through someone's mind 13 seconds before they die? A town lost in the year 40. Different c
Jorge Giannoni: NN, ese soy yo
2000-01-01
Jorge Giannoni isn't a hero; he's a witness to the darkest part of the history of independent cinema
Rocha Que Voa
2002-08-04
Documentary about the relationship between filmmaker Glauber Rocha and Cuba.
Historias Breves 2
1997-01-01
Dar la cara
1962-11-29
Three boys from very different backgrounds who have just finished their military service must face t
El Fausto Criollo
2011-09-01
A version of El Estatola del Campo's poetic Faust of the Poet (1886) integrates the major trilogy of
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
1988-01-01
An elderly man with wings is blown off course during a tropical storm in this symbolic fantasy. The
Tie Your Plow to a Star
2017-11-01
In 1997 the Argentine filmmaker Fernando Birri returned to his home country to film a documentary on
Vanishing Landscapes
2013-05-02
A mockumentary about three young student filmmakers as they make a movie about an alleged film direc
Fernando Birri, el utópico andante
2012-10-04
Documentary film about Argentinian filmmaker Fernando Birri. An interview: a journey through documen
Carpani, vida y obra
2009-11-08
A journey through the life and work of artist Ricardo Carpani, his artistic and ideological formatio
The Compass Rose
1983-03-19
Exiled Chilean director Patricio Guzmán filmed in Cuba and in Venezuela to create this controversial
Soriano
1999-04-22
Testimonies about the life and work of writer and journalist Osvaldo Soriano.
The Cheerful Squadron
1954-12-05
The Cheerful Squadron is a 1954 Italian war-comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and Interpreted by m
Mario Verdone: Il critico viaggiatore
2024-10-18
untitled (Document No. 1)(Helmut Waldemar / Winchester Banz)
A tribute to German film critic and cinema activist Helmut W. Banz made with outtakes from two featu
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003-09-17
Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema N
Sierra Maestra
1969-09-01
An Italian journalist is arrested in Venezuela by the military, accused of being a revolutionary. Th
Donde comienza el camino
2005-01-01
The journey of Fernando Birri, the great father of New Latin American Cinema, has left a mark that b
Antoine Bonfanti, sonic traces of an engaged listening
2002-01-01
A documentary on the professional and personal affordances of the influential sound engineer Antoine
Vlado: Thirty Years Later
2005-09-30
The documentary tells the story of journalist Vladimir Herzog, nicknamed Vlado, who has been torture
Osvaldo Bayer “La livertá”
2014-12-04
Throughout his 87 years, the anarchist historian, journalist and writer Osvaldo Bayer was one of the