Fernando Ayala

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-07-02 (77 years old)

Deathday

1997-09-11

Place of Birth

Gualeguay. Entre Ríos, Argentina

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 pr...

Acting

1979

Grandma

as Juez de paz (cameo)

Production

1980

Days of Delusion

as Director

1971

Los neuróticos

as Producer

1946

Milagro de amor

as Assistant Director

1969

1970

1952

La melodía perdida

as Assistant Director

1980

1982

Sweet Money

as Director

1991

God Raises Them

as Director

1963

Primero yo

as Director

1956

The Bitter Stems

as Director

1986

Sobredosis

as Producer

1963

Paula Cautiva

as Director

1987

1958

The Boss

as Director

1971

La gran ruta

as Producer

1971

La gran ruta

as Director

1981

1981

1983

The Arrangement

as Director

1952

Emergency Ward

as Assistant Director

1979

Grandma

as Producer

1986

1958

The Boss

as Producer

1958

The Boss

as Writer

1993

1969

The Slowness

as Director

1969

1970

1980

1983

1986

Sobredosis

as Director

1953

La voz de mi ciudad

as Assistant Director

1955

1975

The Dead Man

as Producer

1975

The Dead Man

as Screenplay

1950

Piantadino

as Assistant Director

1974

1974

1959

The Candidate

as Writer

1959

The Candidate

as Director

1965

1965

1944

Mi novia es un fantasma

as Assistant Director

1945

Allá en el setenta y tantos

as Assistant Director

1970

The Money

as Producer

1970

The Money

as Director

1969

The Slowness

as Writer

1980

From the Abyss

as Director

1979

1960

1960

1966

1966

1962

No Exit

as Producer

1968

Psexoanálisis

as Producer

1975

Triangle of Four

as Producer

1975

Triangle of Four

as Director

1950

Vuelo 300

as Director

1972

1953

Dock Sud

as Assistant Director

1957

1963

Paula Cautiva

as Writer

1946

Deshojando margaritas

as Assistant Director

1968

1968

1942

El viaje

as Assistant Director

1943

La guerra la gano yo

as Assistant Director

1973

1973

1973

1980

1980

From the Abyss

as Producer

1949

Esperanza

as Assistant Director of Photography

1978

The Doctors

as Writer

1978

The Doctors

as Director

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