Biography
Born in Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina in 1925, a descendant of Italian emigrants. He graduated in Film Direction in Rome. In 1956, Birri returned to Argentina and founded Latin America's first film school, the Instituto de Cinematografía de la Universidad del Litoral, in the city of his birth. Ever since his debut Tire Dié, this director, who is also a poet, painter and teacher, has been a key figure in Latin American cinema.
Berlinale
Director
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2011 |
El fausto Criollo |
| 1988 |
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings |
| 1984 |
Rte.: Nicaragua (Carta al mundo) |
| 1978 |
Org |
| 1963 |
La pampa gringa |
| 1962 |
Flooded Out |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2006 |
ZA 05. Lo viejo y lo nuevo |
| 1999 |
Century of the Wind |
Che: muerte de la utopia? |
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| 1998 |
Entangling Shadows |
| 1985 |
Mi hijo el Che - Un retrato de familia de don Ernesto Guevara |
| 1983 |
Rafael Alberti, un retrato del poeta |
| 1962 |
Che, Buenos Aires |
| 1960 |
Tire dié |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 1959 |
Buenos días, Buenos Aires |
La primera fundación de Buenos Aires |
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Actor
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2012 |
Vanishing Landscapes |
| 2010 |
Long Live the People of the Revolution |
| 1994 |
Plumitas calientes |
| 1991 |
Un cielo lánguido y oxidado |
| 1988 |
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings |
| 1983 |
La rosa de los vientos |
| 1969 |
Sierra Maestra |
Sierra Master |
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| 1955 |
Abandoned |
| 1954 |
Attila |
The Cheerful Squadron |
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| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2006 |
Fernando Birri de Olhos Abertos |
| 2003 |
Glauber o Filme, Labirinto do Brasil |
| 1999 |
Che: muerte de la utopia? |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2005 |
Madres de Mayo, un poema de Fernando Birri |
| 1996 |
Trece segundos |
Screenwriter
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2011 |
El fausto Criollo |
| 1988 |
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings |
| 1969 |
Sierra Master |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 1999 |
Century of the Wind |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 1959 |
La primera fundación de Buenos Aires |