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Fernando Birri

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Born: March 13, 1925
Died: December 27, 2017
From: Santa Fe, Argentina

Biography

Fernando Birri was an Argentinian filmmaker, poet, painter, teacher and film school founder, and has been a key figure in Latin American cinema.

Known for

Toss Me a Dime

Flooded Out

A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

Century of the Wind

The First Foundation of Buenos Aires

Entangling Shadows

La Pampa Gringa

Filmography

32 displayed · 51 matching · 51 total

2026

Transfiguración de la luz

Crew (Thanks)

2024

Mario Verdone: Il critico viaggiatore

Acting (Self)

2019

Crew (Thanks)

2017

Tie Your Plow to a Star

2015

BirriLata, Around by Train

2014

Osvaldo Bayer “La livertá”

2013

Vanishing Landscapes

2012

Fernando Birri, el utópico andante

Acting (himself)

2011

El Fausto Criollo

Acting (El diablo 8) Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

2009

Carpani, vida y obra

2005

Vlado: Thirty Years Later

Donde comienza el camino

2003

Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth

Acting (Self)

2002

Rocha Que Voa

Acting (Self)

Antoine Bonfanti, sonic traces of an engaged listening

Acting (Self (archival footage))

Un tal Ragone: deconstruyendo a Pa

2000

Jorge Giannoni: NN, ese soy yo

1999

Che: muerte de la utopia?

Directing (Director)

Century of the Wind

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

1998

Entangling Shadows

Directing (Director)

1997

Historias Breves 2

Acting (Segmento: Trece segundos)

1996

Historias Breves II: Trece Segundos

Acting (Cliente bar)

1988

A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

Acting (A very old man with enormous wings) Directing (Director) Writing (Screenplay)

1985

Mi hijo el Che

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

1984

Claves, 2: We will return younger

Acting (himself)

Rafael Alberti: A Portrait of the Poet

Directing (Director)

Rte.: Nicaragua (Carta al mundo)

Crew (Script) Sound Directing (Director)

1983

The Compass Rose

Acting (Mateo)

1981

Compañero Fernando

Acting Writing (Writer)

1979

ORG

Writing (Writer) Directing (Director) Production (Executive Producer) Editing (Editor) Sound Crew (Special Effects)