Caracas (Venezuela), 1928 - 2005 By Pablo Alabarces Alfonso “Chico” Carrasquel was such a talented baseball player and had such a powerful arm that at the age of eleven, he played in a league reserved for athletes sixteen years old. In one season, he played for three teams. At fifteen,…
Mexico City (Mexico), 1911 - 1993 Afrânio Mendes Catani Mario Moreno Reyes is an unknown name. However, his stage name, Cantinflas, gave him international recognition as the most popular Mexican comedian. His long film career, which began in 1937, allowed him to work exclusively with a director (Miguel M. Delgado),…
Buenos Aires (Argentina), 1959 By Afrânio Mendes Cattani Actor, screenwriter, and film director. Although he is Argentine, Campanella developed much of his career in the United States. There, he directed episodes of well-known series such as Law & Order (1999), House (2004), and 30 Rock (2006). He also directed and…
São Paulo (Brazil), 1939 By Pablo Alabarces The greatest Latin American tennis player in history, Maria Esther Bueno from São Paulo started playing tennis at six years old and became the Brazilian champion at fifteen. At seventeen, she participated in her first international competition, the Pan American Games. In 1957,…
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 1946 By Luiz Felipe Alves de Miranda Júlio Eduardo Bressane de Azevedo is regarded as an experimental filmmaker. His debut feature film, Cara a cara (1968), was a poetic film close to the ideals of Cinema Novo. He made two landmark works that inaugurated the concept…
Charleroi (Belgium), 1936 By Afrânio Mendes Catani Film critic, essayist, professor, screenwriter, writer, and director. From a French family, he lived in Paris until 1948. He arrived in Brazil in 1949, settling in São Paulo. He attended the Brazilian Cinematheque and, in the 1950s, began writing for the "Suplemento Literário"…
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 1955 By Luiz Felipe Alves de Miranda A member of a family linked to cinema: his parents, Lucy and Luiz Carlos Barreto, are producers, and his brother Fábio is a director. He adapted several literary works, starting with the small production Tati, a garota (1973), based…
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