FILM DIRECTOR

María Luisa Bemberg

1922 - 1995

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María Luisa Bemberg (April 14, 1922 – May 7, 1995) was an Argentine screenwriter, film director and actress. She was one of the first Argentine female directors with a powerful presence both in the filmmaking and the intellectual world of Latin America, particularly during her most active period, from 1970 to 1990. In her work, she specialized in portraying famous Argentine women and the Argentine upper class. Bemberg also focused on feminism, with regards to the gender debate and cinematic gaze. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. María Luisa Bemberg is the 1,178th most popular film director (down from 1,154th in 2019), the 481st most popular biography from Argentina (down from 476th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Argentinean Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, María Luisa Bemberg ranks 1,178 out of 2,041. Before her are Pavel Lungin, Sidney Franklin, Carl Foreman, Ali Abbasi, Edgar Wright, and Rachid Bouchareb. After her are Jacques Baratier, Shunji Iwai, Luise Fleck, Roy Ward Baker, Mark Herman, and Herschell Gordon Lewis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, María Luisa Bemberg ranks 340. Before her are Irina Antonova, John Eisenhower, Roscoe Lee Browne, Elsa Joubert, Kathryn Grayson, and Milton H. Greene. After her are Ria Baran, Per Olof Sundman, Margaret Leighton, Jean Malaurie, Jacques Pollet, and André Buffière. Among people deceased in 1995, María Luisa Bemberg ranks 264. Before her are Severino Varela, George Rodger, Sabir Yunusov, Prawitz Öberg, David Wayne, and Reinhard Furrer. After her are Benjamin Mazar, Sony Lab'ou Tansi, John Peters Humphrey, Edmondo Fabbri, Eeva-Liisa Manner, and George W. Romney.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, María Luisa Bemberg ranks 481 out of 1,154. Before her are Lucas Biglia (1986), Sergio Vázquez (1965), Alberto Mario González (1941), Kily González (1974), Adolfo Schwelm Cruz (1923), and Jorge González (1966). After her are Francisco Rúa (1911), Angélica Gorodischer (1928), Alfredo Porzio (1900), Alfredo Devincenzi (1907), Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman (1844), and Julio Musimessi (1924).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Argentina

Among film directors born in Argentina, María Luisa Bemberg ranks 7. Before her are Héctor Babenco (1946), Gaspar Noé (1963), Fernando Solanas (1936), Luis Puenzo (1946), Andy Muschietti (1973), and Leopoldo Torre Nilsson (1924). After her are Fernando Birri (1925), Nelly Kaplan (1931), Juan José Campanella (1959), Lucrecia Martel (1966), Sebastián Lelio (1974), and Damián Szifron (1975).

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