Octavio Getino facts for kids
Octavio Getino (born August 6, 1935, in León, Spain – died October 1, 2012, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was an Argentine film director and writer. He is best known for starting, along with Fernando Solanas, a group called Grupo Cine Liberación and a new way of making movies called Third Cinema.
Octavio Getino was born in Spain. He moved to Argentina in the 1950s.
In 1964, he won an important award called the Premio Casa de las Américas for his book of short stories titled Chulleca. Getino also wrote many essays about movies and society.
From 1989 to 1990, Getino was in charge of the Instituto Nacional de Cinematografía (INCAA). This is a national organization that helps make movies in Argentina.
He passed away from cancer at the age of 77 on October 1, 2012.
Movies Directed by Octavio Getino
Octavio Getino was a film director, which means he was in charge of making movies. Here are some of the films he directed:
- The Hour of the Furnaces (Hora de los hornos, 1968)
- Argentina, mayo de 1969: Los caminos de la liberación (1969)
- Perón: La revolución justicialista (1971)
- Perón: Actualización política y doctrinaria para la toma del poder (1971)
- El Familiar (1975)
Books Written by Octavio Getino
Besides directing films, Octavio Getino was also a writer. He wrote many books and essays. Here are some of his works:
- Chulleca (a book of short stories, published in 1963)
- A diez años de "Hacia un tercer cine" (1982)
- Notas sobre cine argentino y latinoamericano (1984)
- Perú (1985)
- Cine latinoamericano (1988)
- Cine y dependencia (1990)
- Turismo y Desarrollo en América Latina (1994)
- Las industrias culturales en la Argentina (1995)
- La Tercera mirada (1996)
- Cine argentino (1998)
- Cine y televisión en América Latina (1999)
- El cine de "las historias de la revolución" (2002)
- Turismo entre el ocio y el neg-ocio (2002)
See also
In Spanish: Octavio Getino para niños
- Cinema of Argentina
