Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. León Klimovsky (16 October 1906–8 April 1996) was an Argentine film director. A trained dentist, born in Buenos Aires, his real passion was always the cinema. He pioneered Argentine cultural movement known as cineclub and financed the first movie theater to show art movies. He also founded Argentina's first film club in 1929. After participating as scriptwriter and assistant director of 1944's Se abre el abismo he filmed his first movie, an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Player. From this first phase, it can be also highlighted the adaptations of Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo and Ernesto Sabato's The Tunnel. On the 1950s Klimovsky settled in Spain, where he becomes a "professional" director. He went into spaghetti westerns and so-called exploitation films, filming in Mexico, Italy and Egypt. Perhaps he is best remembered for his contribution to Spain's horror film genre, beginning with La noche de Walpurgis. León Klimovsky confessed to have always dreamt of doing great vanguard movies but ended on filming commercial ones, but without remorse, as doing cinema was a vocational mandate for him. On 1995 he won the "Honor Award" of the Spanish Film Director Association. He died in Madrid of a heart attack. He was brother to the Argentine mathematician and philosopher Gregorio Klimovsky. Description above from the Wikipedia article León Klimovsky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Directed 70
1970s
- 1979
The Shack
Director
- 1978
Trauma
Director
- 1977
¿Y ahora qué, señor fiscal?
Director
Three Days in November
Director
- 1976
The Kidnapping
Director
The People Who Own the Dark
Director
- 1975
Death of a Hoodlum
Director
The Night of the Walking Dead
Director
- 1974
I Hate My Body
Director
- 1973
The Dracula Saga
Director
- 1972
Dr. Jekyll and the Werewolf
Director
La casa de las Chivas
Director
El hombre que vino del odio
Director
- 1971
- 1970
Reverend's Colt
Director
Los hombres las prefieren viudas
Director
Challenge of McKenna
Director
1960s
- 1969
The Legion of No Return
Director
Quinto: Fighting Proud
Director
A Bullet for Rommel
Director
- 1968
Seven Into Hell
Director
Death Knows No Time
Director
- 1967
Rattler Kid
Director
Die Easy in Ghentar
Director
- 1966
A Few Dollars for Django
Director
Una chica para dos
Director
Two Thousand Dollars for Coyote
Director
- 1965
La colina de los pequeños diablos
Director
- 1964
Escala en Tenerife
Director
Billy the Kid
Director
Her and Fear
Director
Aquella joven de blanco
Director
- 1962
School of Seductresses
Director
Horizontes de luz
Director
Todos eran culpables
Director
- 1960
La paz empieza nunca
Director
Un tipo de sangre
Director
Ama Rosa
Director
Un bruto para Patricia
Director
1950s
- 1959
Leap to Fame
Director
S.O.S., abuelita
Director
Llegaron los franceses
Director
- 1958
Un indiano en Moratilla
Director
- 1957
Desert Warrior
Director
- 1956
Viaje de novios
Director
Miedo
Director
- 1955
El juramento de Lagardere
Director
The Miller's Saucy Wife
Director
El tren expreso
Director
- 1954
3 citas con el destino
Director
- 1953
The Count of Monte Cristo
Director
- 1952
La parda Flora
Director
The Tunnel
Director
- 1951
El pendiente
Director
La vida color de rosa
Director
Suburbio
Director
- 1950
The Marihuana Story
Director
1940s
- 1949
La Guitarra de Gardel
Director
Se llamaba Carlos Gardel
Director
- 1947
El jugador
Director
- 1945
Se abre el abismo
Assistant Director
Una mujer sin importancia
Script Supervisor
Wrote 21
1970s
- 1974
I Hate My Body
Story
- 1970
A Lady Called Andrew
Writer
Challenge of McKenna
Screenplay
1960s
- 1962
Horizontes de luz
Writer
Todos eran culpables
Dialogue
- 1960
La paz empieza nunca
Writer
Ama Rosa
Writer
Un bruto para Patricia
Writer
1950s
- 1959
S.O.S., abuelita
Writer
- 1958
Un indiano en Moratilla
Writer
- 1955
El tren expreso
Writer
- 1953
The Count of Monte Cristo
Screenplay
- 1952
La parda Flora
Writer
The Tunnel
Writer
1940s
- 1949
La Guitarra de Gardel
Screenplay
- 1947
Siete para un secreto
Screenplay
The Mysterious Uncle Silas
Writers' Assistant
- 1946
Tres millones... y el amor
Writer
Albergue de mujeres
Writer
- 1945
Se abre el abismo
Writer
Acted in 12
1990s
- 1992
Amo tu cama rica
Tornatto
- 1991
1980s
- 1988
The Brother from Space
Dr. Craig
- 1985
The Sea Serpent
Dr. Moore
- 1984
Dos mejor que uno
Librero
The Most Beautiful Night
Movie
- 1982
Cristóbal Colón, de oficio... descubridor
Movie
- 1981
Maravillas
Santos
1970s
- 1979
El sexo ataca (1ª jornada)
Chochoffsky
- 1976
Amor casi... libre
Representante de Foscafé (uncredited)
- 1974
I Saw Her First
Faustino
1950s
- 1959
S.O.S., abuelita
Movie
Produced 3
1970s
- 1975
Death of a Hoodlum
Producer
1950s
- 1951
La vida color de rosa
Production Director
1940s
- 1948
Rodríguez supernumerario
Producer
Edited 1
1950s
- 1954
Comedians
Editorial Consultant
Camera 1
1970s
- 1974
El talón de Aquiles
Director of Photography