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Luis Puenzo is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Argentin born on 19 february 1946 at Buenos Aires (Argentine)
Luis Adalberto Puenzo (born 19 February 1946) is an Argentine film director, producer and screenplay writer. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina, but has also worked in the United States.
During Argentina's Dirty War in the mid 1970s and early 1980s many filmmakers became victims of repression and some went into exile; some disappeared. During this difficult time, Puenzo decided to work in advertising.
In the United States he is known for his film Old Gringo (1989), starring Gregory Peck, Jane Fonda and Jimmy Smits.
His The Official Story (1985) won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film and many other accolades.
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Luis Puenzo
Luis Adalberto Puenzo (born 19 February 1946) is an Argentine film director, producer and screenplay writer. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina, but has also worked in the United States.
Biography
Puenzo was born in Buenos Aires in 1946. He began a successful career in 1965 producing television advertising spots in Argentina. He founded Luis Puenzo Cinema, a production company, with Sergio Tamburri (film editor and trombone player of the famous Porteña Jazz Band); the firm's name was changed to Cinemanía S.A. in 1974.During Argentina's Dirty War in the mid 1970s and early 1980s many filmmakers became victims of repression and some went into exile; some disappeared. During this difficult time, Puenzo decided to work in advertising.
In the United States he is known for his film Old Gringo (1989), starring Gregory Peck, Jane Fonda and Jimmy Smits.
His The Official Story (1985) won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film and many other accolades.
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Filmography of Luis Puenzo (8 films)
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Old Gringo (1989)
, 1h59Directed by Luis Puenzo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits, Luis Puenzo, Jim Metzler, Jenny Gago
Rating58%
American schoolteacher Harriet Winslow (Jane Fonda) goes to Mexico to work as a governess for the Miranda family, and becomes caught up in the Mexican revolution. Mexicans transporting her from Chihuahua, secretly soldiers of Pancho Villa's army, use her luggage to smuggle weapons to the servants at the Miranda hacienda. The servants in turn aid the attacking revolutionary army of General Tomas Arroyo (Jimmy Smits). During the attack, a sardonic "Old Gringo", American author Ambrose Bierce (Gregory Peck), joins the fighting on the side of the revolutionaries; he operates a railway switch that sends a railroad flatcar laden with explosives to its target.
Director
The Whore and the Whale (2004)
, 2hDirected by Luis Puenzo
Genres Drama
Actors Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Miguel Ángel Solá, Carola Reyna, Lydia Lamaison, Oscar Nuñez
Rating63%
The Plague (1992)
, 1h55Directed by Luis Puenzo
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about viral outbreaks
Actors William Hurt, Robert Duvall, Jean-Marc Barr, Raúl Juliá, Sandrine Bonnaire, Victoria Tennant
Rating56%
Deux journalistes français se retrouvent dans un port en Argentine au moment où une épidémie de peste impose une mise en quarantaine.
Old Gringo (1989)
, 1h59Directed by Luis Puenzo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits, Luis Puenzo, Jim Metzler, Jenny Gago
Rating58%
American schoolteacher Harriet Winslow (Jane Fonda) goes to Mexico to work as a governess for the Miranda family, and becomes caught up in the Mexican revolution. Mexicans transporting her from Chihuahua, secretly soldiers of Pancho Villa's army, use her luggage to smuggle weapons to the servants at the Miranda hacienda. The servants in turn aid the attacking revolutionary army of General Tomas Arroyo (Jimmy Smits). During the attack, a sardonic "Old Gringo", American author Ambrose Bierce (Gregory Peck), joins the fighting on the side of the revolutionaries; he operates a railway switch that sends a railroad flatcar laden with explosives to its target.
The Official Story (1985)
, 1h52Directed by Luis Puenzo
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Chunchuna Villafañe, Hugo Arana, Guillermo Battaglia, Pablo Rago
Rating76%
The film is set in Argentina in the 1980s, in the last years of the country's last military dictatorship, during which a campaign of State sponsored terrorism produced thousands of killings and torture of accused political leftists and innocents alike, who were buried in unmarked graves or became desaparecidos.
Scriptwriter
The Whore and the Whale (2004)
, 2hDirected by Luis Puenzo
Genres Drama
Actors Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Miguel Ángel Solá, Carola Reyna, Lydia Lamaison, Oscar Nuñez
Roles Writer
Rating63%
The Plague (1992)
, 1h55Directed by Luis Puenzo
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about viral outbreaks
Actors William Hurt, Robert Duvall, Jean-Marc Barr, Raúl Juliá, Sandrine Bonnaire, Victoria Tennant
Rating56%
Deux journalistes français se retrouvent dans un port en Argentine au moment où une épidémie de peste impose une mise en quarantaine.
Old Gringo (1989)
, 1h59Directed by Luis Puenzo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits, Luis Puenzo, Jim Metzler, Jenny Gago
Rating58%
American schoolteacher Harriet Winslow (Jane Fonda) goes to Mexico to work as a governess for the Miranda family, and becomes caught up in the Mexican revolution. Mexicans transporting her from Chihuahua, secretly soldiers of Pancho Villa's army, use her luggage to smuggle weapons to the servants at the Miranda hacienda. The servants in turn aid the attacking revolutionary army of General Tomas Arroyo (Jimmy Smits). During the attack, a sardonic "Old Gringo", American author Ambrose Bierce (Gregory Peck), joins the fighting on the side of the revolutionaries; he operates a railway switch that sends a railroad flatcar laden with explosives to its target.
The Official Story (1985)
, 1h52Directed by Luis Puenzo
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Chunchuna Villafañe, Hugo Arana, Guillermo Battaglia, Pablo Rago
Rating76%
The film is set in Argentina in the 1980s, in the last years of the country's last military dictatorship, during which a campaign of State sponsored terrorism produced thousands of killings and torture of accused political leftists and innocents alike, who were buried in unmarked graves or became desaparecidos.
Luces de mis zapatos (1973)
Directed by Luis Puenzo
Genres Comedy
Actors Roberto Carnaghi
Roles Writer
Rating53%
Producer
Clandestine Childhood (2012)
, 1h52Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Natalia Oreiro, Cristina Banegas
Roles Producer
Rating69%
Clandestine Childhood a historical film set in the Cold War time period in Argentina referred to as the Dirty War. The main characters in the film are a married couple of Montoneros living in Cuba, and their two children. With the help of their "Uncle Beto" they forge new identities and return to the country to take part in the counteroffensive. The film is narrated from the point of view of Juan, one of their children.
The Fish Child (2009)
, 1h36Directed by Lucía Puenzo
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Inés Efron, Mariela Vitale, Carlos Bardem, Arnaldo André, Ailín Salas
Roles Producer
Rating57%
Lala, fille de bonne famille dans la banlieue cossue de Buenos Aires, est follement amoureuse de La Guayi, jeune et jolie paraguayenne au service de ses parents. Ensemble, elles rêvent de partir dans le village d'origine de Guayi, au bord du lac Ypoà. Mais un drame familial va brusquement les séparer...
XXY (2007)
, 1h30Directed by Lucía Puenzo
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Ricardo Darín, Inés Efron, Valeria Bertuccelli, Ailín Salas
Roles Producer
Rating69%
Alex Kraken is a 15-year-old intersex person, with both male and female genitals, who has been living as a girl and using medicines to suppress masculine features, such as a beard, and to attempt to have more feminine features. However, recently Alex has stopped taking her medication.
The Whore and the Whale (2004)
, 2hDirected by Luis Puenzo
Genres Drama
Actors Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Miguel Ángel Solá, Carola Reyna, Lydia Lamaison, Oscar Nuñez
Roles Producer
Rating63%