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Hugo Geronimo Fregonese (8 April 1908 – 11 January 1987) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter who worked both in Hollywood and his home country. He made his directorial debut in 1943. In 1949, he directed Apenas un delincuente.
Hugo Fregonese was born on 8 April 1908 in Mendoza, Argentina. He was a director and writer, known for Hardly a Criminal (1949), My Six Convicts (1952) and Savage Pampas (1965). He was married to Faith Domergue. He died on 17 January 1987 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Mendoza, Argentina
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- Buenos Aires, Argentina
Aug 31, 2022 · On the occasion of the MoMA film series Hugo Fregonese: Man on the Run (screening September 1–14, 2022), we’re reprinting an article by series curator Dave Kehr that originally appeared in the November-December 2012 issue of Film Comment.
Mar 31, 2011 · Very little has been written by critics and film reviewers in the English language about the films of the Argentinean director Hugo Fregonese. His Hollywood years, from 1950 to 1956, including a whole of eleven films, were only a short period within his uneven and rather erratic career, which led him to work not only in America but ...
Hugo Fregonese was born on April 8, 1908 in Mendoza, Argentina. He was a director and writer, known for Hardly a Criminal (1949), My Six Convicts (1952) and Savage Pampas (1965). He was married to Faith Domergue. He died on January 17, 1987 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- April 8, 1908
- January 17, 1987
From September 1st through the 14th, The Museum of Modern Art in New York will be holding a retrospective dedicated to the work of Argentine director Hugo Fregonese. If you’ve never heard that name before, it’s because he wasn’t the sort of director to whom Hollywood gave enough oxygen.
Sep 1, 2022 · Sep 1–14, 2022. Perhaps history’s most restless filmmaker, Hugo Fregonese directed his first films in his native Argentina in the 1940s and then embarked on a globe-trotting career that took him to Hollywood, London, Paris, Rome, Munich, and eventually back to South America, all the while exploring themes of claustrophobia ...
