José Agustín Ferreyra

José Agustín Ferreyra was born on 28 August 1889 in Vicente López, near Buenos Aires, and was nicknamed “el Negro Ferreyra”. A painter and theatre set designer, first at the Teatro Colón and then in a studio run with Atilio Malinverno, he moved into cinema as a self-taught filmmaker in 1915, according to Yanina Jensen. He directed more than forty films until 1941, almost all from his own screenplays. He died on 29 January 1943.

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• CinemaThe Return to the BulinLa vuelta al bulínJosé Agustín Ferreyra · 1926Cinema