Gerardo Vallejo

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1942-01-04

Deathday 2007-02-07 (65 years old)

Place of Birth San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina

Gerardo Vallejo

Biography

Gerardo Vallejo was born on January 4, 1942 in Tucumán. In 1965 he graduated as a documentary film director from the Institute of Cinematography of the Universidad Nacional del Litoral, directed by Fernando Birri. Vallejo began to stand out when in 1968 he became the assistant to Fernando "Pino" Solanas and Octavio Getino in the lengthy and long-forbidden documentary "La hora de los hornos". He died in Buenos Aires on February 7, 2007 at the age of 65, due to lung cancer. In his honor, the most important Film Festival in the Province of Tucumán was named after him.

Known For

Director

Editor

1981
1965

Crew

1978
Reflexiones de un salvaje

as Cinematography

1965

Camera

1971
Viejo Reales' Long Journey to Death

as Director of Photography

Producer