René Mugica Explained

René Mugica
Birth Date:	1909 8, df=yes
Birth Place:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Death Place:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation:	Actor, film director, screenwriter
Yearsactive:	1940-1971

René Mugica (8 August 1909  - 3 May 1998) was an Argentine actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in 13 films between 1940 and 1953. He also directed ten films between 1961 and 1971.^[1]

Selected filmography

Actor

• The Gaucho Priest (1941)
• La Guerra Gaucha (1942)
• El Fin de la noche (1944)
• His Best Student (1944)
• The Corpse Breaks a Date (1944)
• Savage Pampas (1945)
• Where Words Fail (1946)

Director

• That Forward Center Died at Dawn (El centroforward murió al amanecer) - 1961
• Man on Pink Corner (Hombre de la Esquina Rosada) - 1962^[2]
• Rata de puerto - 1963
• La Murga - 1963
• Demon in the Blood (El demonio en la sangre) - 1964
• El octavo infierno - 1964
• The Amphitheatre (El Reñidero) - 1965
• Viaje de una noche de verano - 1965
• La buena vida - 1966
• Bajo el signo de la patria - 1971

Notes and References

1. Pablo O. Scholz. Murió René Mugica, mítica figura del cine argentino. Clarín. 4 May 1998. es.
2. Book: A Companion to the Gangster Film. Wiley. 2018. George S. Larke-Walsh. 9781119041665. 167-168.