Arturo Acevedo Vallarino Explained
| Arturo Acevedo Vallarino |
| Birth Date: | 1873 |
| Birth Place: | Bogotá[1] |
| Death Date: | 1950 |
| Nationality: | Colombian |
| Occupation: | Director |
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Arturo Acevedo Vallarino (1873 - 1950)[2] was a Colombian film director known for the 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. In 1894 he graduated as a dentist. He married Laura Mendez Bernal and had six children.
Notes and References
- Web site: Acevedo Family. Banrepcultural. 29 October 2014.
- Web site: "Hemos de tener un arte propio" (II): la importancia de "La tragedia del silencio" en un periodo fundacional de nuestra cinematografía . https://archive.today/20140509125559/http://www.patrimoniofilmico.org.co/anterior/noticias/226.htm . dead . 9 May 2014 . . Rito Alberto . Torres . Spanish . 29 October 2014 .
- Web site: Los Acevedo hacen cine. Eltiempo. 29 October 2014. Spanish.
- Web site: INTERVIEW WITH GONZALO ACEVEDO. Lablaa. 29 October 2014. Spanish. https://web.archive.org/web/20090705094113/http://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/todaslasartes/croci/croci11a.htm. 5 July 2009. dead.
