José A. Ferreyra

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia José Agustín Ferreyra, credited as José A. Ferreyra and popularly known as "Negro Ferreyra" was an early Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was also sometimes credited as production designer. Ferreyra began simultaneously directing and screenwriting for film in 1915, and moved on to success directing films such as Palomas rubias in 1920. His films tended to focus on lower-class family drama, most notably Perdón, viejita (1927), and were filmed on a low budget and with little to no script as a guide. Ferreyra prevailes through the 1920s and 1930s as a distinguished filmmaker of the masses, but was displaced in the late 1930s and early 1940s by big budget cinema. He directed over 40 films and wrote the scripts for the majority of them between 1915 and 1941, working with noted actors such as Libertad Lamarque and Mario Soffici on his screen debut, before moving on to directing. He died on 29 January 1943 from throat cancer.

Directed

1. Bewitching Kisses (1937) — Director
2. Ayúdame a vivir (1936) — Director
3. La ley que olvidaron (1938) — Director
4. La que no perdonó (1938) — Director
5. Sol de Primavera (1937) — Director
6. Muchachos de la ciudad (1937) — Director
7. Venganza gaucha (1917) — Director
8. Perdón, viejita (1927) — Director
9. La fuga de Raquel (1916) — Director
10. El tango de la muerte (1917) — Director
11. Una noche de garufa (1915) — Director
12. La isla misteriosa (1916) — Director
13. De vuelta al pago (1919) — Director
14. Gaucho Rapsody (1932) — Director
15. The Gaucho's Song (1930) — Director
16. Mañana es domingo (1934) — Director
17. Calles de Buenos Aires (1933) — Director
18. El cantar de mi ciudad (1930) — Director
19. La mujer y la selva (1941) — Director
20. La chica de la calle Florida (1922) — Director
21. The Return to the Crash Pad (1926) — Director
22. Palomas rubias (1920) — Director
23. La gaucha (1921) — Director
24. La muchacha del arrabal (1922) — Director
25. La maleva (1923) — Director
26. Corazón de criolla (1923) — Director
27. Melenita de oro (1923) — Director
28. Buenos Aires, ciudad de ensueño (1922) — Director
29. La leyenda del puente inca (1923) — Director
30. El arriero de Yacanto (1924) — Director
31. Mientras Buenos Aires duerme (1924) — Director
32. Odio serrano (1924) — Director
33. Mi último tango (1925) — Director
34. El organito de la tarde (1925) — Director
35. Muchachita de Chiclana (1926) — Director
36. La costurerita que dio aquel mal paso (1926) — Director
37. Buenos Aires Dolls (1931) — Director
38. Puente Alsina (1935) — Director
39. El ángel de trapo (1940) — Director
40. Chimbela (1939) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Una noche de garufa (1915)