León Klimovsky
Directing
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. León Klimovsky (16 October 1906–8 April 1996) was an Argentine film director. A trained dentist, born in Buenos Aires, his real passion was always the cinema. He pioneered Argentine cultural movement known as cineclub and financed the first movie theater to show art movies. He also founded Argentina's first film club in 1929. After participating as scriptwriter and assistant director of 1944's Se abre el abismo he filmed his first movie, an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Player. From this first phase, it can be also highlighted the adaptations of Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo and Ernesto Sabato's The Tunnel. On the 1950s Klimovsky settled in Spain, where he becomes a "professional" director. He went into spaghetti westerns and so-called exploitation films, filming in Mexico, Italy and Egypt. Perhaps he is best remembered for his contribution to Spain's horror film genre, beginning with La noche de Walpurgis. León Klimovsky confessed to have always dreamt of doing great vanguard movies but ended on filming commercial ones, but without remorse, as doing cinema was a vocational mandate for him. On 1995 he won the "Honor Award" of the Spanish Film Director Association. He died in Madrid of a heart attack. He was brother to the Argentine mathematician and philosopher Gregorio Klimovsky. Description above from the Wikipedia article León Klimovsky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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movieThe Shack
1979
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tvLa Barraca
1979
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movieTrauma
1978
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movieThree Days in November
1977
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movieThe Kidnapping
1976
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movieDeath of a Hoodlum
1975
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movieThe Devil's Possessed
1974
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movieMean Mother
1974
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movieI Hate My Body
1974
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movieThe Dracula Saga
1973
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movieLa casa de las Chivas
1972
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movieReverend's Colt
1970
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movieChallenge of McKenna
1970
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movieThe Legion of No Return
1969
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movieQuinto: Fighting Proud
1969
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movieA Bullet for Rommel
1969
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movieSeven Into Hell
1968
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movieDeath Knows No Time
1968
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movieRattler Kid
1967
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movieDie Easy in Ghentar
1967
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movieUna chica para dos
1966
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movieEscala en Tenerife
1964
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movieBilly the Kid
1964
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movieHer and Fear
1964
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movieAquella joven de blanco
1964
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movieSchool of Seductresses
1962
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movieTorrejón City
1962
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movieHorizontes de luz
1962
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movieTodos eran culpables
1962
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movieLa paz empieza nunca
1960
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movieUn tipo de sangre
1960
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movieAma Rosa
1960
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movieUn bruto para Patricia
1960
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movieLeap to Fame
1959
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movieS.O.S., abuelita
1959
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movieLlegaron los franceses
1959
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movieUn indiano en Moratilla
1958
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movieDesert Warrior
1957
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movieViaje de novios
1956
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movieMiedo
1956
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movieThe Miller's Saucy Wife
1955
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movieEl tren expreso
1955
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movie3 citas con el destino
1954
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movieLa parda Flora
1952
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movieThe Tunnel
1952
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movieEl pendiente
1951
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movieLa vida color de rosa
1951
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movieSuburbio
1951
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movieThe Marihuana Story
1950
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movieLa Guitarra de Gardel
1949
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movieEl jugador
1947
Director
movieSe abre el abismo
1945
Assistant Director
movieUna mujer sin importancia
1945
Script Supervisor
Writing21
movieChallenge of McKenna
1970
Screenplay
movieTorrejón City
1962
Writer
movieTodos eran culpables
1962
Dialogue
movieAma Rosa
1960
Writer
movieEl tren expreso
1955
Writer
movieThe Count of Monte Cristo
1953
Screenplay
movieLa parda Flora
1952
Writer
movieThe Tunnel
1952
Writer
movieLa Guitarra de Gardel
1949
Screenplay
movieSiete para un secreto
1947
Screenplay
movieThe Mysterious Uncle Silas
1947
Writers' Assistant
Acting12
movieAmo tu cama rica
1992
Tornatto
movieThe Brother from Space
1988
Dr. Craig
movieThe Sea Serpent
1985
Dr. Moore
movieDos mejor que uno
1984
Librero
movieMaravillas
1981
Santos
movieEl sexo ataca (1ª jornada)
1979
Chochoffsky
movieAmor casi... libre
1976
Representante de Foscafé (uncredited)
movieI Saw Her First
1974
Faustino
Production3
movieDeath of a Hoodlum
1975
Producer
movieLa vida color de rosa
1951
Production Director
Camera1
movieEl talón de Aquiles
1974
Director of Photography
Editing1
movieComedians
1954
Editorial Consultant