Rafael Filippelli

Rafael Filippelli
Born	24 November 1938 (1938-11-24) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	22 March 2023 (2023-03-23) (aged 84) Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rafael Filippelli (24 November 1938 – 22 March 2023) was an Argentine film director, producer and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in Buenos Aires, Filippelli started working as assistant director in the mid-1950s, and in 1961 he directed his first short film, Porque hoy es sábado.[1][2] A member of the group "Underground", together with, among others, Edgardo Cozarinsky, Néstor Lescovich, Miguel Bejo [es] and Bebe Kamin [es], following the 1976 Argentine coup d'état he moved to exile in Mexico and later in Los Angeles.[2][3] Returned to Argentina, in 1985 he made his feature film debut with Hay unos tipos abajo, which was followed by The Absentee, which entered the Moscow International Film Festival.[1] In the 1990s, he directed a film trilogy dedicated to the city of Buenos Aires which mixed documentary and fiction.[1] In 2007, he was awarded best director at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema for Música nocturna.[1]

Filippelli was also a film critic and theorist, and served as professor of screenwriting at the Universidad del Cine from its foundation until his death.[1] He died of complications from a minor surgery on 22 March 2023, at the age of 84.[1][2] He was married to writer Beatriz Sarlo, with whom he often collaborated.[1][2]

References

1. Stiletano, Marcelo (22 March 2023). "Murió el guionista y director Rafael Filippelli, a los 84 años". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2023.
2. Genovese, Omar (25 March 2023). "Adiós a Rafael Filippelli, maestro del cine". Perfil (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2023.
3. "Murió el guionista y director de cine Rafael Filippelli a los 84 años". Clarín (in Spanish). 22 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

External links

• Rafael Filippelli at IMDb