Personal Info
Birth date
1920-07-02 (105 Years)
Day of death
1997-09-11
Gender
Male
Known for
Directing
Place of birth
Gualeguay. Entre Ríos, Argentina
Also known as
-Fernando Ayala
Biography
Fernando Ayala (2 July 1920 – 11 September 1997) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer of the classic era. He is widely considered one of the most important Argentine film directors and producers in the history of the cinema of Argentina. Demicheli initially began as a trainee assistant director in 1942, in El Viaje, and within two years he had become an assistant director. By 1949 he had obtained his first job as director, and from 1958 he also served as producer for the films he directed and some others. Between 1950 and 1987 he was involved in the direction and production of well over 40 films, such as Ayer fue primavera in 1955 and Argentinísima and Argentinísima II in 1972 and 1973 respectively. In 1963 he was a member of the jury at the 13th Berlin International Film Festival.[1] His 1983 film The Deal was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Diploma. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
No Exit
5
Overview:
The Valet (Manuel Rosón) enters a hotel room with Joseph Garcin (Morgan Sterne) in tow. The windowless room has a single entrance and no mirrors. Two women, Inès Serrano (Viveca Lindfors) and Estelle Rigault (Rita Gam), are then led in; afterwards, the Valet leaves and locks the door. Realising that they are in hell, the trio expects to be tortured; however, no torturer is forthcoming. While waiting, they strike up a conversation and discuss each other's sins, desires, and unpleasant memories. Adaptation of the play by Jean-Paul Sartre.The Doctors
5
Overview:
There is everything in this hospital, a good doctor, one who only wants money, one with sexual perversions and the director who hides everything.Night of the Pencils
7.037
Overview:
The Night of the Pencils was a series of kidnappings and forced disappearances, followed by the torture, rape, and murder of a number of young students during the last Argentine dictatorship (known as the National Reorganization Process). The kidnappings took place over the course of several days beginning on September 16, 1976.Paula Cautiva
6.2
Overview:
An Argentine who emigrated to the United States finds himself by chance in Argentina for business. There he hires a woman, Paula, who is from a traditional but poor family, and he finds himself falling in love with her.Rebellion in Patagonia
7.486
Overview:
In 1920, workers from Patagonia, in Southern Argentina, gather around an anarcho-syndicalist society and go on strike, demanding better working conditions. When the situation turns unsustainable, President Yrigoyen sends Lieutenant Colonel Zavala to impose order.Mi novia es un fantasma
6.833
Overview:
A humble maid is confused with a millionaire from a misunderstanding in the hotel that works and a journalist falls madly in love with her.Huis Clos (A puerta cerrada)
NYR
Overview:
"Hell is other people." Three recently-deceased persons are locked into a hotel suite together for all eternity. Adaptation of Huis clos, by Jean Paul Sartre.The Bitter Stems
7.1
Overview:
Buenos Aires, Argentina. A failed reporter teams up with a Hungarian immigrant to set up a fake correspondence journalism school.The Hippie Teacher
6.188
Overview:
Luis Sandrini plays a college professor who, because of his freethinking attitudes and concerns for moral questions over matters of business, has more in common with his students than his colleagues.Primero yo
5.5
Overview:
A charming racecar driver is visited by his 20-year-old son who is nothing like his father. Solemn and introverted, the boy is shown the ways of sensual pleasure by his father's mistress, but he falls in love with another young woman. Intending to marry the girl, the young man takes the relationship very seriously. His father, however, believes the boy should have a more carefree lifestyle and decides to intervene by seducing his own son's fiance. This action proves to be a tremendous mistake.Emergency Ward
NYR
Overview:
The Argentine Sala de Guardia was released in English-speaking markets as Emergency Ward. South-of-the-Border matinee idol Carlos Thompson stars as an idealistic intern, doing his best to survive a very tough day on the job. When not scurrying from one patient to another, the intern tries to maintain equilibrium in his romance with a nurse (Elisa Galve). Comedy dovetails neatly into tragedy, which in turn segues smoothly into heart-tugging pathos. A box-office smash in Argentina, Sala de Guardia repeated its moneymaking performance all throughout Latin America.The Candidate
NYR
Overview:
An old politician is claimed by his party to be a candidate in the next elections.The Boss
5.75
Overview:
The head of a criminal gang has all the power among his men until one decides to testify against him.Psexoanálisis
NYR
Overview:
A profiteer pretends to be a psychoanalyst to conquer women with sexual trauma.The Arrangement
7
Overview:
Luis is a righteous man who begins a struggle and a moral debate with his family, neighbors and close friends when a corrupt municipal official offers a very convenient "arrangement".La industria del matrimonio
NYR
Overview:
There are 3 stories about the intermediaries of marriage (the ads of magazines, seers and agencies): Sentimental mail, about an energetic woman who wants to marry a dominable man; Elixir of love, on the subject of the title; and Romantic about a melodic singer.El año del conejo
NYR
Overview:
Upon turning 55, Pepe, a bank manager, feels bored with his life. He abandons his family, quits his job, takes a woman younger than him as a lover, and becomes associated with a moneylender.El viaje
5.6
Overview:
An architect goes on vacation and begins an affair with a young woman in a small town.The Dead Man
5
Overview:
Benjamin Ortalora is a young man who leaves Buenos Aires after murdering a rival. He goes to Montevideo where his cool boldness draws the attention of gang leader Azevedo Bandeira. When the old bandit becomes ill, Ortalora makes a determined play to take his place.En mi casa mando yo
NYR
Overview:
Tormented by the messy and frivolous life of his family, a father is forced to move away from home.Saturday Night, Cinema
5.5
Overview:
The attitudes of different people to the fact of going to the movies.Esperanza
NYR
Overview:
The story of the first colony of immigrants to arrive in the province of Santa Fe, in Argentina.Deshojando margaritas
5
Overview:
Workaholic kindustrial tycoon is kidnapped and learns the value of a more leisurely lifestyle.Los neuróticos
NYR
Overview:
Dr. Sigmund is a psychoanalyst whose only goal in his group therapies is to conquer the women who attend there.Dock Sud
NYR
Overview:
A trolley falls from a bridge to the Riachuelo, killing almost all its passengers. The families of the victims receive compensation, they improve their lifestyles and look down on the worker who didn't take the trolley that mortal day.Funny Dirty Little War
6.5
Overview:
A small revolution breaks out in a small Argentine town, as one group of Peronists calls they newly elected peronist a communist. The newly elected official enlists the aid of allies ranging from the town drunk to young peronists to help hold his post. What follows is a slapstick war with a serious message.Production
1993El caso María Soledad ... Producer
1986Night of the Pencils ... Producer
1986Sobredosis ... Producer
1983Funny Dirty Little War ... Producer
1981Las vacaciones del amor ... Producer
1981The Fridays of Eternity ... Producer
1980La discoteca del amor ... Producer
1980From the Abyss ... Producer
1980The Beach of Love ... Producer
1979Grandma ... Producer
1979Los éxitos del amor ... Producer
1976El canto cuenta su historia ... Producer
1975The Dead Man ... Producer
1975Triangle of Four ... Producer
1974Rebellion in Patagonia ... Producer
1973Argentinísima II ... Producer
1972The Bomb-thrower Teacher ... Producer
1971La gran ruta ... Producer
1971Argentinian Until Death ... Producer
1971Los neuróticos ... Producer
1970The Patagonic Teacher ... Producer
1970The Money ... Producer
1969The Hippie Teacher ... Producer
1968Psexoanálisis ... Producer
1968En mi casa mando yo ... Producer
1966Las locas del conventillo ... Producer
1966Hotel alojamiento ... Producer
1962Huis Clos (A puerta cerrada) ... Producer
1962No Exit ... Producer
1960Saturday Night, Cinema ... Producer
1958The Boss ... Producer
Directing
1991God Raises Them ... Director
1987El año del conejo ... Director
1986Sobredosis ... Director
1984Pasajeros de una pesadilla ... Director
1983The Arrangement ... Director
1982Sweet Money ... Director
1981Open Day and Night ... Director
1980Days of Delusion ... Director
1980From the Abyss ... Director
1978The Doctors ... Director
1976El canto cuenta su historia ... Director
1975Triangle of Four ... Director
1973Argentinísima II ... Director
1972The Bomb-thrower Teacher ... Director
1971La gran ruta ... Director
1971Argentinian Until Death ... Director
1970The Patagonic Teacher ... Director
1970The Money ... Director
1969The Hippie Teacher ... Director
1969The Slowness ... Director
1968En mi casa mando yo ... Director
1967Cuando los hombres hablan de mujeres ... Director
1966Las locas del conventillo ... Director
1966Hotel alojamiento ... Director
1965La industria del matrimonio ... Director
1965Viaje de una noche de verano ... Director
1965Con gusto a rabia ... Director
1963Paula Cautiva ... Director
1963Primero yo ... Director
1960Saturday Night, Cinema ... Director
1959The Candidate ... Director
1958The Boss ... Director
1957A Difficult Widow ... Director
1956The Bitter Stems ... Director
1955Yesterday Was Spring ... Director
1953Dock Sud ... Assistant Director
1953La voz de mi ciudad ... Assistant Director
1952La melodía perdida ... Assistant Director
1952Emergency Ward ... Assistant Director
1950Vuelo 300 ... Director
1950Piantadino ... Assistant Director
1946Milagro de amor ... Assistant Director
1946Deshojando margaritas ... Assistant Director
1945Allá en el setenta y tantos ... Assistant Director
1944Mi novia es un fantasma ... Assistant Director
1943La guerra la gano yo ... Assistant Director
1942El viaje ... Assistant Director
Writing
1981Open Day and Night ... Writer
1980From the Abyss ... Writer
1978The Doctors ... Writer
1975The Dead Man ... Screenplay
1974Rebellion in Patagonia ... Screenplay
1973Argentinísima II ... Writer
1972Argentinísima ... Writer
1971Argentinian Until Death ... Writer
1969The Slowness ... Writer
1965Con gusto a rabia ... Writer
1963Paula Cautiva ... Writer
1960Saturday Night, Cinema ... Writer
1959The Candidate ... Writer
1958The Boss ... Writer
Crew
1967Cuando los hombres hablan de mujeres ... Script
Art
1949Esperanza ... Assistant Director of Photography