Leonardo Favio
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Leonardo Favio | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Fuad Jorge Jury |
| Also known as | El juglar de américa |
| Born |
May 28, 1938 Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina |
| Died |
November 5, 2012 (aged 74) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Years active | 1958–2012 |
Fuad Jorge Jury (28 May 1938 – 5 November 2012), commonly known as Leonardo Favio (Spanish pronunciation: [leoˈnarðo ˈfaβjo]), was an Argentine singer, actor, film director and screenwriter.
Much beloved in Latin America, he was one of the most successful Argentine singers in the 1960s and 1970s with big hits like Fuiste mía un verano, Ella, ella ya me olvidó, Quiero aprender de memoria, Ding, dong, las cosas del amor and La cita and starred in many films.[1] His 1975 film Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival.[2]
Without detriment to his outstanding career as a singer and songwriter, at the time he began to sing in public, he was already a consecrated film director. His first feature movie - Crónica de un niño solo - and the second one - El romance del Aniceto y la Francisca - compete in the consensus of Argentine critics to be considered the best Argentine movie of all times, while the agreement is almost unanimous in considering Leonardo Favio as the best Argentine movie director of all times. Later, he would film: El Dependiente, Juan Moreira, Nazareno Cruz y el Lobo, Soñar Soñar, Gatica el Mono, Perón Sinfonía de un Sentimiento and Aniceto (a valet version of El romance...). His brother is writer and director Jorge Zuhair Jury. He was married to Maria Vaner and had two children, one being the composer Nico Jury.[3]
On October 9, 2010, Favio was appointed Argentina's Ambassador of Culture by national decree of the president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
He died on 5 November 2012 in Buenos Aires at the age of 74.[4]
Works
Discography
- Me miró, LP
- Aquí está, LP
- Yo soy, LP
- De amor nadie muere, LP
- Una cita con Leonardo Favio, LP
- Leonardo Favio, LP
- Favio 73, LP
- Hola Che, LP
- Favio, LP in Spain
- Vamos a Puerto Rico, LP
- En Concierto, LP
- Era... cómo podría explicar, LP
- En Concierto, LP
- Leonardo Favio, LP (1969)
- Fuíste mía un verano, LP (1968)
- No juegues más, LP
- Mas Que Un Loco, LP (1989)
Filmography
As actor
- Tobi y el libro mágico (2000)
- Gatica, "El Mono" (1993)
- Fuiste mía un verano (1969)
- El dependiente (1969)
- Martín Fierro (1968)
- El ojo de tu madre (1966)
- Crónica de un niño solo (1965)
- Paula cautiva (1963)
- La terraza (1963)
- La Mano en la trampa (1961)
- Fin de fiesta (1960)
- En la ardiente oscuridad (1958)
- El ángel de España (1958)
- The Kidnapper (1958)
- El jefe (1958)
- El Ángel de España (1958; de extra)
- Campo de sangre (1999)
- Simplemente una rosa (1971)
- Fuiste mía un verano (1969)
As director
- Aniceto (2008)
- Perón, sinfonía del sentimiento (1999)
- Gatica, el mono (1993)
- Soñar, soñar (1976)
- Nazareno Cruz y el Lobo (1975)
- Juan Moreira (1973)
- El dependiente (1969)
- Éste es el romance del Aniceto y la Francisca, de cómo quedó trunco, comenzó la tristeza y unas pocas cosas más... (1966)
- Crónica de un niño solo (1965)
- El amigo (1960)
- El señor Fernández (1958; unfinished)
As producer
- Nazareno Cruz y el Lobo (1975)
- Gatica "el Mono" (1993)
References
- ↑ "Leonardo Favio, Argentine film director, dies aged 74". BBC News. 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2012-11-05.
- ↑ "9th Moscow International Film Festival (1975)". MIFF. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
- ↑ "Argentine film director Leandro Favio dies at 74". Denver Post. 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2012-11-05.
- ↑ "A los 74 años, murió Leonardo Favio" (in Spanish). Télam. 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2012-11-05.
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