María Luisa Bemberg

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María Luisa Bemberg (14 April 1922 – 7 May 1995) was a film writer, director and actress born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1 Early Years
2 Artistic Career
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Early Years

María Luisa Bemberg was the daughter of Otto Bemberg and Sofía Bengolea. She was born into one of the most powerful families in Argentina, as her father Otto Bemberg was the owner of Cerveza Quilmes (the Quilmes Brewery) and other companies. On October 17, 1945 she married Carlos Miguens. Following their marriage the couple moved to Spain where they had four children before returning to Argentina.

[edit] Artistic Career

Among other films, she wrote and directed Camila (1984), about the persecution and execution of a priest and his lover ordered by Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas (nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film), and Yo, la peor de todas (1990), about the life of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Her last film was De eso no se habla (1993), starring Marcello Mastroianni.

She received Konex Awards in 1984, 1991 and 2001, and multiple awards in international film festivals. She also participated as a jury at the festivals of Cartagena, Berlin, Chicago and Venice.

At the end of her life, Bemberg was working on a script, based on the story El impostor by Victoria Ocampo, which was made into a film in 1997. She died of cancer in Buenos Aires in 1995, at the age of 73.