Ricardo Becher

Personal Info

Known For Director

Birthday 1930-01-01

Deathday 2011-01-01 (81 years old)

Place of Birth Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ricardo Becher

Biography

Ricardo Becher (1930–2011) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and journalist. He directed twelve films between 1955 and 2006. His 1969 film Coup de Grâce was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival. He worked as Leopoldo Torre Nilsson's assistant director on four films. During the 1970s he made a living in advertising and publicity. Since 1990 he made a career as a filmmaking teacher and he has published two novels. In 2006 he screened his last feature film in the VI BAFICI (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) where a retrospective of his films was made. He is the founder of the N.E.D Neo expresionismo digital, a way of transforming the video footage (imagen mundo) by postproduction filters in the search of its essence.

Known For

Director

1969
Coup de Grace

as Director

1963
Racconto

as Director

1962
Prisioneros de una noche

as Assistant Director

1962
Detrás de la mentira

as Second Unit Director

1962
Crimen

as Director

Writer

2002
La entrega

as Writer

1969
Coup de Grace

as Writer

1963
Racconto

as Writer

1963
The Terrace

as Writer

1960
The Friend

as Writer

Producer

1962
Crimen

as Producer