Alberto Migré
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Alberto Migré, pseudonime of "Felipe Alberto Milletari Miagro" (12 September 1931, Buenos Aires
– 10 March 2006) was an Argentine
TV
screenwriter
and producer, specialized on telenovela
s.
, Buenos Aires
, under the name of Felipe Alberto Milletari Miagro; the son of Piedmontese immigrants, his father Don Milletari was arriving from Italy when he met the daughter of another piemontes family the Miagro, whom were living in the Córdoba Province
of Argentina after arriving from Italy
via Brazil
.
His upbringing was enriched by the entrepreneurial spirit of his father and the intellectual influence of her mother a dedicated reader of history and philosophy. By the time he entered the professional world of writers and TV production industry, Alberto was adviced by his colleagues and mentors to change his name, a common dynamic in the industry, as such after consulting and researching names he decided to creat a combination name based on his second name Albereto and a variation of his mather's surname Miagro in Judæo-Piedmontese
language, and his pseudonime "Alberto Migré" was born; giving him the seal to a successful career.
. He wrote some scripts for a children's programme and ended up in charge of sound in a radionovela starring Chela Ruiz and Horacio Delfino. He was commended by Ruiz and put in charge of writing some major programmes, such as Revista juvenil argentina (1948). Then he moved on to television.
Starting in 1972, Migré created major hits, such as Rolando Rivas, taxista
, Piel Naranja and Pobre Diabla
. He also contributed with some Brazilian series. In 1974 he wrote the script for the cinema version of Rolando Rivas, taxista
.
During the 1990s Migré was practically forgotten by the TV industry. Migré often criticized the new ways of writing TV fiction, especially the over-long series of episodes driven by good ratings and other economical factors alone: "In the 60s, telenovelas lasted 22 half-hour episodes; it was a delight, you had a plan, developed the story with a rhythm and precise guidelines and then you went on to think of another story." He was also a vindicator of the role of the creative screenwriter
: "Current TV is not for me, since it is not what I was taught: I learned that the author was the foundation upon which the whole project was built. Now the author has lost importance and has been replaced by a team of writers in charge of a coordinator."
Migré never married, and lived with his parents until their death. He died while sleeping, victim of a heart attack
, at the age of 75. He was the incumbent president of Argentores, the Argentine scriptwriter's guild. By an explicit request made in advance, he did not have a funeral
service.
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
– 10 March 2006) was an Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
TV
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and producer, specialized on telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
s.
Family Background
Alberto was born in the barrio of AlmagroAlmagro, Buenos Aires
Almagro is a mostly middle-class barrio of Buenos Aires, Argentina.The neighbourhood is delimited by La Plata avenue and Río de Janeiro street to the west, Independencia avenue to the south, Sánchez de Bustamante, Sánchez de Loria and Gallo streets to the east, and Córdoba/Estado de Israel avenues...
, Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, under the name of Felipe Alberto Milletari Miagro; the son of Piedmontese immigrants, his father Don Milletari was arriving from Italy when he met the daughter of another piemontes family the Miagro, whom were living in the Córdoba Province
Córdoba Province (Argentina)
Córdoba is a province of Argentina, located in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are : Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires, La Pampa, San Luis, La Rioja and Catamarca...
of Argentina after arriving from Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
via Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
.
His upbringing was enriched by the entrepreneurial spirit of his father and the intellectual influence of her mother a dedicated reader of history and philosophy. By the time he entered the professional world of writers and TV production industry, Alberto was adviced by his colleagues and mentors to change his name, a common dynamic in the industry, as such after consulting and researching names he decided to creat a combination name based on his second name Albereto and a variation of his mather's surname Miagro in Judæo-Piedmontese
Judæo-Piedmontese
Judæo-Piedmontese was the vernacular language of the Jews living in Piedmont, in North Western Italy, from about the 15th Century until the Second World War....
language, and his pseudonime "Alberto Migré" was born; giving him the seal to a successful career.
TV Career
Migré started off working in radio stations, with the idea of eventually becoming an actor, although he himself acknowledged that his voice was not good for the microphoneMicrophone
A microphone is an acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal. In 1877, Emile Berliner invented the first microphone used as a telephone voice transmitter...
. He wrote some scripts for a children's programme and ended up in charge of sound in a radionovela starring Chela Ruiz and Horacio Delfino. He was commended by Ruiz and put in charge of writing some major programmes, such as Revista juvenil argentina (1948). Then he moved on to television.
Starting in 1972, Migré created major hits, such as Rolando Rivas, taxista
Rolando Rivas, taxista
Rolando Rivas, taxista is a 1974 Argentine film, a TV novela and film creation by Alberto Migré....
, Piel Naranja and Pobre Diabla
Pobre Diabla
Pobre Diabla is a telenovela by TV Azteca in partnership with Venevision Continental, produced by Fides Velasco and starring Alejandra Lazcano, the presentation of Cristobal Lander in Mexico, Hector Arredondo, Leonardo Daniel, Rafael Sanchez Navarro and antagonistic involvement of Claudia Alvarez...
. He also contributed with some Brazilian series. In 1974 he wrote the script for the cinema version of Rolando Rivas, taxista
Rolando Rivas, taxista
Rolando Rivas, taxista is a 1974 Argentine film, a TV novela and film creation by Alberto Migré....
.
During the 1990s Migré was practically forgotten by the TV industry. Migré often criticized the new ways of writing TV fiction, especially the over-long series of episodes driven by good ratings and other economical factors alone: "In the 60s, telenovelas lasted 22 half-hour episodes; it was a delight, you had a plan, developed the story with a rhythm and precise guidelines and then you went on to think of another story." He was also a vindicator of the role of the creative screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
: "Current TV is not for me, since it is not what I was taught: I learned that the author was the foundation upon which the whole project was built. Now the author has lost importance and has been replaced by a team of writers in charge of a coordinator."
Migré never married, and lived with his parents until their death. He died while sleeping, victim of a heart attack
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
, at the age of 75. He was the incumbent president of Argentores, the Argentine scriptwriter's guild. By an explicit request made in advance, he did not have a funeral
Funeral
A funeral is a ceremony for celebrating, sanctifying, or remembering the life of a person who has died. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from interment itself, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honor...
service.
Television Work
- Piel Naranja...años después (2004) actors: Arnaldo André and Leonor Benedetto.
- Pobre diabla (2000) actors: Angie Cepeda, Salvador del Solar and Arnaldo André
- Louca Paixão (1999)
- El Rafa (1997)
- Alguna vez tendremos alas (1997)
- Antônio Alves, Taxista (1996)
- Son cosas de novela (1996) (writer and producer)
- Leandro Leiva, un soñador (1995) actors: Miguel Ángel SoláMiguel Ángel SoláMiguel Ángel Solá is a prolific Argentine actor who has made over 60 film appearances in film and TV in Argentina since 1973....
and Carolina Fal. - Inconquistable corazón (1994) co-author Victor Agú. acting: Paola Krum and Pablo Rago.
- Esos que dicen amarse (1993) main actors: Carolina Papaleo, Raúl Taibo
- Fiesta y bronca de ser joven (1992) acting Laura Novoa
- Pobre diablaPobre DiablaPobre Diabla is a telenovela by TV Azteca in partnership with Venevision Continental, produced by Fides Velasco and starring Alejandra Lazcano, the presentation of Cristobal Lander in Mexico, Hector Arredondo, Leonardo Daniel, Rafael Sanchez Navarro and antagonistic involvement of Claudia Alvarez...
(1972) with Soledad SilveyraSoledad SilveyraSoledad Silveyra , is a prominent TV, theater and cinema Argentine actress.She has made over 65 TV and film appearances since 1964. Most of her appearances have been in film and TV where she made her debut in the soap opera El Amor tiene cara de mujer in 1964 as a 12 year old...
, second production in (1990) main actors: Jeannette Rodriguez, Osvaldo Laport - Una voz en el teléfono (1990) main actors: Carolina Papaleo, Raúl Taibo
- No va más... la vida nos separa (1988) (writer and producer) acting: Nora Carpena, Juan Carlos Dual
- Sin marido (1988) acting: Patricia Palmer, Gustavo Garzón
- Ella contra mí (1988) acting: Gustavo Garzón, Carolina Papaleo - Gustavo Garzón, Liliana Weimer
- La cuñada (1987) acting: Maria del Carmen Valenzuela, Daniel Fanego.
- Cuando vuelvas a mí (1986) acting: Arturo Puig, Ana María Cores, Mariana Karr
- El hombre que amo (1986) acting: Germán Krauss, Silvia Kutika, Stella Maris Closas
- Amor prohibido (1986) versión libre de Maestro & Vainmann. acting: Verónica Castro, Jean Carlos Simancas.
- Tal como somos (1984) (escritor y productor)
- Sola (1983) acting: Zulma Faiad, Francisco Llanos.
- Un hombre como vos (1982) acting: Claudio Garcia Satur.
- Celos (1982) Chilean version of "Piel Naranja"
- Chau, amor mío (1979) acting: Soledad Silveyra, Arnaldo André
- Vos y yo, toda la vida (1978) acting: Maria del Carmen Valenzuela, Arturo Puig
- El tema es el amor (1977) (writer and producer)
- Pablo en nuestra piel (1977) acting: Maria del Carmen Valenzuela, Arturo Puig
- Los que estamos solos (1976) acting: Nora Cárpena, Arnaldo André
- Dos a quererse (1976) acting: Thelma Biral, Claudio Garcia Satur
- Piel naranja (1975) acting: Arnaldo André, Marilina Ross
- Mi hombre sin noche (1974) acting: Soledad SilveyraSoledad SilveyraSoledad Silveyra , is a prominent TV, theater and cinema Argentine actress.She has made over 65 TV and film appearances since 1964. Most of her appearances have been in film and TV where she made her debut in the soap opera El Amor tiene cara de mujer in 1964 as a 12 year old...
, Arnaldo AndréArnaldo AndréArnaldo André is a soap-opera Paraguayan actor. He spent most of his career in Argentina, where he has been active since 1964. He earned a Martín Fierro award in 2010, and currently works at Los únicos.-Biography:... - Pobre diabla (1973) acting: Soledad Silveyra, Arnaldo André
- Rolando Rivas, taxistaRolando Rivas, taxistaRolando Rivas, taxista is a 1974 Argentine film, a TV novela and film creation by Alberto Migré....
(1972) acting: Claudio García Satur, Soledad Silveyra - Claudio García Satur, Nora Cárpena - Un extraño en nuestras vidas (1972) (writer and producer)
- Nacido para odiarte (1971) acting: Silvina Rada
- El adorable profesor Aldao (1971) acting: Alberto Martin, Beatriz Taibo
- Mis tres amores (1971)
- Esta noche... miedo (1970)
- Inconquistable Viviana Ortiguera (1970)
- El hombre que me negaron (1970) (writer and producer)
- Trampa para un play boy (1969) (writer and producer)
- Cuando vuelvas a mí (1969) (writer and producer)
- Adorable profesor Aldao (1968) (writer and producer)
- La pulpera de Santa Lucía (1968)
- Mujeres en presidio (1967) (writer and producer)
- Lo mejor de nuestra vida... nuestros hijos (1967) (writer and producer)
- Su comedia favorita (1965) (writer and producer)
- O Pintor e a Florista (1964)
- É Proibido Amar (1964)
- El hogar que nos negamos (1964)
- Acacia Montero (1964) (writer and producer)
- Tu triste mentira de amor (1964)
- 2-5499 Ocupado (1963)
- Dos a quererse (1963)
- Altanera Evangelina Garret (1962)
- Silvia muere mañana (1962)
- Amelia no vendrá (1962)
- Aquí a las seis (1962)
- El 0597 está ocupado (1956)
- 0597 da ocupado (1950)
Cine
- Rolando Rivas, taxista (1974) (writer and producer)
- Ese que siempre esta solo (1964) (writer and producer)