Arturo Acevedo Vallarino

Arturo Acevedo Vallarino
Arturo Acevedo Vallarino in 1925
Born1873 (1873)
Bogotá
Died1950 (aged 76–77)
OccupationDirector
Known for

Arturo Acevedo Vallarino (1873–1950) was a Colombian film director known for the silent films La tragedia del silencio (1924) and Bajo el Cielo Antioqueño (1925).

He sold a timber plantation to buy his first movie camera. In 1920, he founded the production company, Acevedo e Hijos.

Arturo spent his childhood in Zipaquirá with his father, General Ramón Acevedo. In 1894 he graduated as a dentist. He married Laura Mendez Bernal and had six children.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.