What is Fernando Birri?
[[Image:Fernandobirri (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Birri in March 2008]] '''Fernando Birri''' (March 13, 1925 – December 28, 2017) was an Argentine [[filmmaker]], screenwriter, actor, critic and theorist. He was born in [[Santa Fe, Argentina|Santa Fe]], [[Argentina]]. He was thought by many to be the father of the new [[Latin American cinema]]. He was known for his movie ''[[Tire dié]]''. Birri debuted with a short movie called ''La primera fundación de Buenos Aires'', which premiered in the 1959 [[Cannes Film Festival]]. In 1986 Birri co-founded [[Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión|Escuela Internacional de Cine y Television]] (The International School of Film and Television), in San Antonio de Los Baños, Cuba.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eictv.org |title=Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba |publisher=EICTV |access-date=2012-08-13}}</ref> Birri died in [[Buenos Aires]] of [[respiratory arrest]] complicated from a fall on December 28, 2017 at the age of 92.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/2096048-murio-el-cineasta-argentino-fernando-birri-considerado-el-padre-del-nuevo-cine-latinoamericano |title=Murió el cineasta Fernando Birri, considerado el padre del Nuevo Cine latinoamericano |access-date=2017-12-28 |archive-date=2017-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229052342/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/2096048-murio-el-cineasta-argentino-fernando-birri-considerado-el-padre-del-nuevo-cine-latinoamericano |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} * {{IMDb name|id=0083767|name=Fernando Birri}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Birri, Fernando}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Argentine movie actors]] [[Category:Argentine movie directors]] [[Category:Movie critics]] [[Category:Actors from Buenos Aires]] [[Category:Writers from Buenos Aires]] [[Category:Argentine screenwriters]] {{actor-stub}}