Fernando Birri

Biography

Fernando Birri was an Argentinian filmmaker, poet, painter, teacher and film school founder, and has been a key figure in Latin American cinema.

Directed

1. Toss Me a Dime (1958) — Director
2. Flooded Out (1962) — Director
3. A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (1988) — Director
4. ORG (1979) — Director
5. Century of the Wind (1999) — Director
6. The First Foundation of Buenos Aires (1959) — Director
7. Entangling Shadows (1998) — Director
8. Rte.: Nicaragua (Carta al mundo) (1984) — Director
9. La Pampa Gringa (1963) — Director
10. Mi hijo el Che (1985) — Director
11. El Fausto Criollo (2011) — Director
12. Che, Buenos Aires (1966) — Director
13. Rafael Alberti: A Portrait of the Poet (1984) — Director
14. Selinunte, i templi addormentati (1951) — Director
15. Che: muerte de la utopia? (1999) — Director
16. Buenos días, Buenos Aires (1966) — Director
17. Castagnino Diario Romano (1967) — Director
18. Immagini Popolari Siciliane Sacri (1954) — Director
19. Immagini Popolari Siciliane Profane (1954) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Attila (1954)
2. Abandoned (1955) — Scattered Soldiers' Lieutenant
3. Dar la cara (1962) — Cameo-bar Laboratorios Alex 1 (no acreditado)
4. A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (1988) — A very old man with enormous wings
5. Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth (2003) — Self
6. The Compass Rose (1983) — Mateo
7. The Cheerful Squadron (1954)
8. Rocha Que Voa (2002) — Self
9. Vlado: Thirty Years Later (2005)
10. Ho ritrovato mio figlio (1954)
11. Historias Breves II: Trece Segundos (1996) — Cliente bar
12. Tie Your Plow to a Star (2017)
13. Vanishing Landscapes (2013)
14. Compañero Fernando (1981)
15. Un tal Ragone: deconstruyendo a Pa (2002)
16. Jorge Giannoni: NN, ese soy yo (2000)
17. Historias Breves 2 (1997) — (Segmento: Trece segundos)
18. El Fausto Criollo (2011) — El diablo 8
19. Soriano (1999)
20. Donde comienza el camino (2005)
21. BirriLata, Around by Train (2015)
22. Amizade (2009)
23. Fernando Birri, el utópico andante (2012) — himself
24. Carpani, vida y obra (2009)
25. Mario Verdone: Il critico viaggiatore (2024) — Self
26. untitled (Document No. 1)(Helmut Waldemar / Winchester Banz)
27. Sierra Maestra (1969) — Manolo il Guerrigliero
28. Antoine Bonfanti, sonic traces of an engaged listening (2002) — Self (archival footage)
29. Osvaldo Bayer “La livertá” (2014)
30. Claves, 2: We will return younger (1984) — himself
31. Non ho tempo (1977)