Julio Saraceni, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Julio Saraceni

Argentine film director

Date of Birth: 10-Oct-1912

Place of Birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Date of Death: 12-Oct-1998

Profession: screenwriter, film director

Nationality: Argentina

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Julio Saraceni

  • Julio Saraceni (October 10, 1912 – October 12, 1998) was a prolific Argentine film director whose career in the Cinema of Argentina as a movie director spanned six decades. He was an aviator as a young man, but later found a career in film, where he debuted as a director in a 1937 short film, FĂłrmula secreta, in which he used his flying experience for the making of numerous scenes.
  • He directed his first full-length title, Florencio Parravicini's comedy vehicle, Noches de carnaval, later that year.
  • Saraceni married a member of the crew, Argentina Mori, and with her made some 60 films between 1938 and 1986, such as MarĂ­a Celeste (1944), Alma de bohemio (1949), La barra de la esquina (1950), and La mejor del colegio (1953).
  • Saraceni was best known for directing comedies, and worked with many of the best known local figures in the genre, including Parravicini, Fidel Pintos, NinĂ­ Marshall, JosĂ© Marrone.
  • Carlos Balá, Lolita Torres and Pepe Biondi.Saraceni directed pop musician Sandro's El deseo de vivir in 1972, and one of the series of Superagentes capers in 1986 (his last film).
  • He dedicated himself to documentaries and made-for-television titles afterwards, and worked extensively for Channel 9 and TelefĂ©.
  • He suffered a stroke in 1988, however, and remained hemiplegic in later years.
  • Saraceni lived half a block away from the site of the 1994 AMIA bombing, the worst terrorist attack in Argentine history, but survived.
  • Dependent on an Argentine Institute of Cinematography pension, he lost his wife in 1996, and in 1998, Julio Saraceni died at age 86.

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