Hugo Fregonese (April 8, 1908 Mendoza – January 11, 1987) was an Argentine film director who worked both in Hollywood and in Argentina. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Mendoza (men'dōzə is the capital city of Mendoza Province, in Argentina. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film.
A former sports journalist, he attended Columbia University in 1935 then was hired to be a technical advisor for films with Latin American themes. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. By 1938, he was again living in Argentina. There he worked as an editor, assistant director and short film director. An assistant director (AD is a person who helps the director in the making of a Movie or Television show Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American Film industry in the early period of cinema. He made his directorial debut in 1943. Most of Fregonese's American films were westerns and crime melodramas (Black Tuesday, Man in the Attic). Black Tuesday is a 1954 Film noir starring Edward G Robinson. Man in the Attic is a 1953 thriller film directed by Hugo Fregonese. He also directed the India based movie Harry Black. Harry Black is a 1958 British Film adaptation of the novel Harry Black by David Walkers, released by 20th Century He had two children by his first wife, Faith Domergue. Faith Domergue ( June 16, 1924 - April 4, 1999) was a film actress
In 1949 he directed Apenas un delincuente. Apenas un delincuente ( English language:Hardly a Criminal is a 1949 Argentine Crime drama directed by Hugo Fregonese
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