Getino, Octavio, 1935-2012

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Name (Latin)
Getino, Octavio, 1935-2012
Other forms of name
Getino Tascón, Octavio, 1935-2012
Tascón, Octavio Getino, 1935-2012
Getino, Octavio, 1935-
Getino Tascón, Octavio, 1935-
Tascón, Octavio Getino, 1935-
Date of birth
1935-08-06
Date of death
2012-10-01
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 123138496
Wikidata: Q3080882
Library of congress: n 85027678
TAU10: 000488888
Sources of Information
  • His Cine latinoamericano, 1990:t.p. (Octavio Getino Tascón)
  • His Notas sobre cine argentino y latinoamericano, c1984:t.p. (Octavio Getino)
  • LC data base, 6-25-85(hdg.: Getino, Octavio, 1935-)
  • La nación WWW site, Oct. 3, 2012(in obituary dated Oct. 2: Octavio Getino; b. Aug. 6, 1935, León, Spain; came to Argentina in 1952 with his parents; d. yesterday [Oct. 1, 2012], aged 77; motion picture director, theorist, teacher)
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Wikipedia description:

Octavio Getino (August 6, 1935 in León, Spain – October 1, 2012 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was an Argentine film director and writer who is best known for co-founding, along with Fernando Solanas, the Grupo Cine Liberación and the school of Third Cinema. Getino was born in Spain and migrated to Argentina in the 1950s. In 1964 he was awarded the Premio Casa de las Américas for his short-stories book Chulleca. Getino also left a number of essays on cinema and sociology. From 1989 to 1990, Getino led the Instituto Nacional de Cinematografía (INCAA). He died of cancer at 77, on October 1, 2012.

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