Lucas Demare

Biography

Lucas Demare was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer prominent in Argentine Cinema during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. At the 1943 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, Demare won Silver Condor awards for Best Director, Best Film and numerous other awards for The Gaucho War (1942), a film which is considered by critics in Argentina to be one of the best films in its history. He won further awards including Best Film and Director for Su mejor alumno (1944) at the 1945 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards. In 1964, he was a member of the jury at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival. He died of a heart attack at the age of 71 in 1981. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Directed

1. Savage Pampas (1945) — Director
2. The Islanders (1951) — Director
3. The Gaucho War (1942) — Director
4. Mercado de abasto (1955) — Director
5. Humo de marihuana (1968) — Director
6. La madre María (1974) — Director
7. Zafra (1959) — Director
8. Pájaro loco (1971) — Director
9. El último perro (1956) — Director
10. Hijo de hombre (1961) — Director
11. Detrás de un largo muro (1958) — Director
12. 24 hours free (1939) — Director
13. Plaza Huincul (Pozo uno) (1960) — Director
14. El hijo del barrio (1940) — Director
15. Corazón de turco (1940) — Director
16. La boda (1964) — Director
17. Sangre y acero (1956) — Director
18. La culpa la tuvo el otro (1950) — Director
19. The Old Skinflint (1942) — Director
20. Su mejor alumno (1944) — Director
21. Guacho (1954) — Director
22. Como tú lo soñaste (1947) — Director
23. The Gaucho Priest (1941) — Director
24. El seductor de Granada (1953) — Director
25. Mi noche triste (1952) — Director
26. Después del silencio (1956) — Director
27. Los guerrilleros (1965) — Director
28. La cigarra está que arde (1967) — Director
29. Chingolo (1940) — Director
30. Solamente Ella (1975) — Director
31. Dos amigos y un amor (1938) — Director
32. La calle grita (1948) — Director
33. Mi esqueleto (1959) — Director
34. Nunca te diré adiós (1947) — Director
35. Payaso (1952) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Gaucho War (1942) — Extra (realista en quema al pueblo y atacante rancho)
2. Humo de marihuana (1968) — Cameo
3. Hijo de hombre (1961)
4. Cómo se hace una película argentina (1948)
5. Boliche (1933) — Bandoneonista