Alberto de Zavalía
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film director
Film director
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and film producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
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Biography
De Zavalía was born in Buenos Aires to a middle-class, well-off family. He completed law schoolLaw school
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but never worked as a lawyer, instead dedicating himself to movie-making, an industry that was then thriving. In 1935, he co-founded with Luis Saslavsky
Luis Saslavsky
Luis Saslavsky was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, and one of the influential directors in the Cinema of Argentina of the classic era...
the producer SIFAL, which disbanded that very same year, but each of its founders managed to debut as filmmakers: De Zavalía directed Escala en la ciudad
Escala en la ciudad
Escala en la ciudad is a 1935 Argentine film directed and written by Alberto De Zavalia with Carlos Aden. It was produced by SIFAL, a production company run by de Zavalia and his partner Luis Saslavsky...
, which he also wrote, while Saslavsky directed his second and most famous movie, Crimen a las tres
Crimen a las tres
Crimen a las tres is a 1935 Argentine crime film directed and written by Luis Saslavsky.-Main cast:*Blanca de Castejón*Eduardo Berri*Malena Bravo*Héctor Cataruzza*Augusto Codecá*Ana May...
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De Zavalía went on to writer and direct Los Caranchos de la Florida
Los Caranchos de la Florida
Los caranchos de la Florida is a 1938 Argentine drama film directed and written by Alberto De Zavalia with Carlos Aden. The film premiered in Buenos Aires and starred José Gola and Amelia Bence.The film is based on a novel by Benito Lynch....
in 1938, but came to prominence in 1939 when he was asked to adapt a biography of the recently deceased Carlos Gardel
Carlos Gardel
Carlos Gardel was a singer, songwriter and actor, and is perhaps the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was born in Toulouse, France, although he never acknowledged his birthplace publicly, and there are still claims of his birth in Uruguay. He lived in Argentina from the age of two...
to the screen, starring Hugo del Carril
Hugo del Carril
Pierre Bruno Hugo Fontana otherwise known as Hugo del Carril was an Argentine film actor, film director and tango singer of the classic era.-Early life:...
. It was during production that he met actress Delia Garcés
Delia Garcés
Delia Garcés was an Argentine film actress of the late 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. She made almost 30 appearances in film between 1937 and 1959.Garcés began her acting career in 1937...
, who went on to become her wife and starred in most of his films then on.
De Zavalía directed another 12 movies throughout his career, also writing the last two. He retired in 1950 from movie business, and died in 1988.
Filmography
- Otro yo de Marcela, El (1950)
- Doctora quiere tangos, La (1949)
- De padre desconocido (1949)
- Hombre que amé, El (1947)
- Rosa de América (1946)
- Gran amor de Bécquer, El (1946)
- Fin de la noche, El (1944)
- Cuando florezca el naranjo (1943)
- Malambo (1942)
- Concierto de almas (1942)
- 20 años y una noche (1941)
- Maestrita de los obreros, La (1941)
- Dama de compañía (1940)
- La Vida de Carlos GardelLa Vida de Carlos GardelLa Vida de Carlos Gardel is a 1939 Argentine musical film directed by Alberto De Zavalia. The tango film premiered in Buenos Aires on May 24, 1939, and starred Hugo del Carril and Delia Garces....
(1939) - Los Caranchos de la FloridaLos Caranchos de la FloridaLos caranchos de la Florida is a 1938 Argentine drama film directed and written by Alberto De Zavalia with Carlos Aden. The film premiered in Buenos Aires and starred José Gola and Amelia Bence.The film is based on a novel by Benito Lynch....
(1938) - Escala en la ciudadEscala en la ciudadEscala en la ciudad is a 1935 Argentine film directed and written by Alberto De Zavalia with Carlos Aden. It was produced by SIFAL, a production company run by de Zavalia and his partner Luis Saslavsky...
(1935)