León Klimovsky

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León Klimovsky (actually León Klimovsky Dulfán ; born October 16, 1906 in Buenos Aires , Argentina , † April 8, 1996 Madrid , Spain ) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter .

life and work

Before Klimovsky entered the film industry, he worked as a dentist for 15 years . During this time (1929) he also founded Argentina's first film club. At the beginning he mainly made short films .

In 1948 Klimovsky made his first film El Jugador in Argentina as a director . From the mid-1960s, he mainly shot spaghetti westerns and war films in Spain . Later, from the early 1970s, it was mainly horror films , the best known for example being the Zombie Blood Rush with Paul Naschy .

A number of films bear his name as a director for tax reasons, even though they were actually directed by Italian directors.

Klimovsky was married to Inés de Tolosa. He died of heart failure in Madrid in 1996. His cousin was the Argentine mathematician and philosopher Gregorio Klimovsky .

In some films, Klimovsky's name was misspelled (León Klimonsky, Leon Klimovsky, Leon Klimowsky, León Klimowsky) or a pseudonym was used (Henry Mankiewicz). His colleague Enzo G. Castellari, who had no mercy on the spaghetti western Django he had started in 1966 , described him as polite and educated, but untalented and cautious towards producers.

Awards

The film Marihuana was nominated at the Cannes Film Festival in 1951 . In 1959, Salto a la gloria was awarded the prize for best Spanish-language film at the San Sebastian Film Festival . In 1995 Klimovsky received the honorary award of the Spanish film directors association ADIRCAE.

Filmography as a director (selection)

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personal data
SURNAME Klimovsky, León
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klimovsky Dulfán, León
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires , Argentina
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1996
Place of death Madrid , Spain