René Mugica

René Mugica was born on 8 August 1909, in Buenos Aires (in Carhué according to La Nación). Trained at the school of dramatic art in La Plata, he acted in the theatre and then in thirteen films. Having joined a producers' cooperative in 1942, he worked there as an assistant, then directed ten films from 1960 to 1971; the first represented Argentina at Cannes. Appointed in 1989 to head the National Film Institute, he resigned a few months later. He died on 3 May 1998.

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• CinemaMan on Pink CornerHombre de la esquina rosadaRené Mugica · 1962Cinema