María Luisa Bemberg is remembered on screen for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists María Luisa Bemberg as Argentine film director and screenwriter (1922-1995).
María Luisa Bemberg was born at Buenos Aires in 1922. Her recorded nationality is Argentina.
The studio system was at its height in this period: contracts were long, the output was industrial, and a handful of studios decided who worked.
María Luisa Bemberg is credited as film director, screenwriter and film actor.
Her best-known work is Camila. A film outlives its reviews, its budget and usually its studio; what remains is whether anyone still watches it.
That the work was made from Argentina shaped it: national industries differ in what they finance, who they cast and which audiences they can reach.
María Luisa Bemberg died in 1995, aged 73. The films remain, which is the only form in which a screen career survives.
Achievements
- Notable work: Camila
- Worked as film director, screenwriter and film actor
