Date of Birth
|
16-February-1936
|
Place of Birth
|
Olivos
(Argentina, Vicente López Partido, Buenos Aires Province)
|
Nationality
|
Argentina
|
Also know as
|
Fernando Ezequiel 'Pino' Solanas, Fernando E. Solanas, Fernando Ezequiel Solanas, Pino Solanas, Fernando Pino Solanas, Pino, Fernando E. Solanas, ΦεÏνάντο "Πίνο" Σολάνας, Fernando 'Pino' Solanas, Fernando Ezequiel Solanas, Fernando E. Solanas
|
Profession
|
Film Director, Screenwriter, Film Producer, Film Editor, Cinematographer, Politician
|
Fernando Ezequiel 'Pino' Solanas is an Argentine film director, screenwriter and politician. His films include La hora de los hornos, Tangos: el exilio de Gardel, Sur, El viaje, La nube and Memorias del saqueo, among many others.
Solanas studied theatre, music and law. In 1962, he directed his first short feature Seguir andando and in 1968 he covertly produced and directed his first long feature film La Hora de los Hornos, a documentary on neo-colonialism and violence in Latin America. The film won several international awards and was screened around the world. Solanas has won the Special Jury Award and the Critics Award at the Venice Film Festival and the Prix de la mise en scène at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1999 he was the President of the Jury at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival. He was awarded a special Golden Bear at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival. He collaborated with tango composer and musician Ãstor Piazzolla on the soundtracks for various movies .
|