Arturo Acevedo Vallarino

Arturo Acevedo Vallarino

Arturo Acevedo Vallarino in 1925
Born 1873
Bogotá[1]
Died 1950
Nationality Colombian
Occupation Director
Known for

Arturo Acevedo Vallarino (18731950)[2] was a Colombian film director known for silent films La tragedia del silencio (1924) and Bajo el Cielo Antioqueño (1925). In order to buy his first movie camera, he sold a timber plantation.[3] In 1920, he founded production company Acevedo e Hijos.[4]

Arturo spent his childhood in Zipaquirá with his father General Ramón Acevedo. He married Laura Mendez Bernal and had six children.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Acevedo Family". Banrepcultural. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  2. Torres, Rito Alberto. ""Hemos de tener un arte propio" (II): la importancia de "La tragedia del silencio" en un periodo fundacional de nuestra cinematografía" (in Spanish). Fundación Patrimonio Fílmico Colombiano. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  3. "Los Acevedo hacen cine" (in Spanish). Eltiempo. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  4. "INTERVIEW WITH GONZALO ACEVEDO" (in Spanish). Lablaa. Retrieved 29 October 2014.


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