- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- October 17, 1906
- Place of Birth
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Died
- April 8, 1996
León Klimovsky
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. León Klimovsky (16 October 1906–8 April 1996) was an Argentine film director. A trained dentist, born in Buenos Aires, his real passion was always the cinema. He pioneered Argentine cultural movement known as cineclub and financed the first movie theater to show art movies. He also founded Argentina's first film club in 1929. After participating as scriptwriter and assistant director of 1944's Se abre el abismo he filmed his first movie, an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Player. From this first phase, it can be also highlighted the adaptations of Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo and Ernesto Sabato's The Tunnel. On the 1950s Klimovsky settled in Spain, where he becomes a "professional" director. He went into spaghetti westerns and so-called exploitation films, filming in Mexico, Italy and Egypt. Perhaps he is best remembered for…
Filmography
movieAmo tu cama rica
1992 · Tornatto
movieEl robobo de la jojoya
1991
movieThe Brother from Space
1988 · Dr. Craig
movieThe Sea Serpent
1985 · Dr. Moore
movieDos mejor que uno
1984 · Librero
movieThe Most Beautiful Night
1984
movieCristóbal Colón, de oficio... descubridor
1982
movieMaravillas
1981 · Santos
movieThe Shack
1979 · Director
tvLa Barraca
1979 · Director
movieEl sexo ataca (1ª jornada)
1979 · Chochoffsky
movieTrauma
1978 · Director
movie¿Y ahora qué, señor fiscal?
1977 · Director
movieThree Days in November
1977 · Director
movieThe Kidnapping
1976 · Director
movieThe People Who Own the Dark
1976 · Director
movieAmor casi... libre
1976 · Representante de Foscafé (uncredited)
movieDeath of a Hoodlum
1975 · Director, Producer
movieThe Night of the Walking Dead
1975 · Director
movieA Dragonfly for Each Corpse
1975 · Director
movieThe Devil's Possessed
1974 · Director
movieMean Mother
1974 · Director
movieI Saw Her First
1974 · Faustino
movieI Hate My Body
1974 · Director, Story
movieEl talón de Aquiles
1974 · Director of Photography
movieThe Vampires' Night Orgy
1973 · Director
movieVengeance of the Zombies
1973 · Director
movieThe Dracula Saga
1973 · Director
movieDr. Jekyll and the Werewolf
1972 · Director
movieLa casa de las Chivas
1972 · Director
movieEl hombre que vino del odio
1972 · Director
movieHands Up, Dead Man! You're Under Arrest
1971 · Director
movieThe Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman
1971 · Director
movieReverend's Colt
1970 · Director
movieA Lady Called Andrew
1970 · Writer
movieLos hombres las prefieren viudas
1970 · Director
movieChallenge of McKenna
1970 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Legion of No Return
1969 · Director
movieQuinto: Fighting Proud
1969 · Director
movieA Bullet for Rommel
1969 · Director
movieSeven Into Hell
1968 · Director
movieDeath Knows No Time
1968 · Director
movieRattler Kid
1967 · Director
movieDie Easy in Ghentar
1967 · Director
movieA Few Dollars for Django
1966 · Director
movieUna chica para dos
1966 · Director
movieTwo Thousand Dollars for Coyote
1966 · Director
movieLa colina de los pequeños diablos
1965 · Director
movieEscala en Tenerife
1964 · Director
movieBilly the Kid
1964 · Director
movieHer and Fear
1964 · Director
movieAquella joven de blanco
1964 · Director
movieSchool of Seductresses
1962 · Director
movieTorrejón City
1962 · Director, Writer
movieHorizontes de luz
1962 · Director, Writer
movieTodos eran culpables
1962 · Director, Dialogue
movieLa paz empieza nunca
1960 · Director, Writer
movieUn tipo de sangre
1960 · Director
movieAma Rosa
1960 · Director, Writer
movieEl hombre que perdió el tren
1960 · Director
movieUn bruto para Patricia
1960 · Director, Writer
movieLeap to Fame
1959 · Director
movieS.O.S., abuelita
1959 · , Director, Writer
movieLlegaron los franceses
1959 · Director
movieUn indiano en Moratilla
1958 · Director, Writer
movieDesert Warrior
1957 · Director
movieViaje de novios
1956 · Director
movieMiedo
1956 · Director
movieEl juramento de Lagardere
1955 · Director
movieThe Miller's Saucy Wife
1955 · Director
movieEl tren expreso
1955 · Director, Writer
movieComedians
1954 · Editorial Consultant
movie3 citas con el destino
1954 · Director
movieThe Count of Monte Cristo
1953 · Director, Screenplay
movieLa parda Flora
1952 · Director, Writer
movieThe Tunnel
1952 · Writer, Director
movieEl pendiente
1951 · Director
movieLa vida color de rosa
1951 · Director, Production Director
movieSuburbio
1951 · Director
movieThe Marihuana Story
1950 · Director
movieLa Guitarra de Gardel
1949 · Screenplay, Director
Se llamaba Carlos Gardel
1949 · Director
movieRodríguez supernumerario
1948 · Producer
movieSiete para un secreto
1947 · Screenplay
movieEl jugador
1947 · Director
movieThe Mysterious Uncle Silas
1947 · Writers' Assistant
movieTres millones... y el amor
1946 · Writer
movieAlbergue de mujeres
1946 · Writer
movieSe abre el abismo
1945 · Writer, Assistant Director
movieUna mujer sin importancia
1945 · Script Supervisor