Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
February 16, 1936
Died
November 6, 2020 (84 years old)
Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Also Known As
- Pino Solanas
- Fernando Solanas
- Fernando Ezequiel Solanas
Fernando E. Solanas
Biography
Fernando Ezequiel 'Pino' Solanas was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and politician. His films include La hora de los hornos (The Hour of the Furnaces) (1968), Tangos: el exilio de Gardel (1985), Sur (1988), El viaje (1992), La nube (1998) and Memoria del saqueo (2004), among many others. He was National Senator representing the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires for six years, from 2013 to 2019. In 2019, following the end of his term as senator, he was appointed as Argentina's ambassador to UNESCO; he served in the position until his death in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, on 6 November 2020.
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Known For
Acting
Directing
Social Genocide
Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Executive Producer
2004
The Journey
Music, Director, Screenplay, Producer
1992
The South
Director, Music, Production Design, Writer, Producer, Art Direction
1988
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
Director, Art Direction, Writer, Producer, Music
1985
The Hour of the Furnaces
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
1968