- Alberto Lecchi
Alberto Lecchi (born 1954 in
Buenos Aires - ) is an Argentine film,screenwriter andfilm producer . web http://www.albertolecchi.com.ar/Lecchi started working on the movie business in 1979, as a second assistant director to
Hugo Sofovich in the three films he directed that year. Lecchi went on to work in the 80s and early 90s along acclaimed directors, working eight times withFernando Ayala , four times withAdolfo Aristarain and withJuan José Jusid in "Plata dulce ".His directorial debut was in 1984 with "
El Sueño de Cecilia ", a six-minute short, but came to prominence when he directedRicardo Darín andEnrique Pinti in the thriller "Perdido por perdido " in 1993, his first feature-length movie, and his second turn as director, after which he gave up his career as assistant director. Lecchi established himself as a prolific film director in the 90s, directing "El Dedo en la Llaga " (1996), the critically acclaimed "Secretos compartidos " (1998) and "Operación Fangio " (1998), and working with 'A' actorsDarío Grandinetti (twice),Víctor Laplace and a second time with Pinti.In 2000, Lecchi directed the romantic comedy "
Apariencias ", starringAdrián Suar andAndrea del Boca , as well as "Nueces para el amor ", which starredGastón Pauls ,Ariadna Gil andRodrigo de la Serna . A year later he directed "Déjala correr ", starringNicolás Cabré ,Pablo Rago andJulieta Díaz . 2003 marked Lecchi's third collaboration with Grandinetti, in "El Juego del Arcibel ".In 2004, Lecchi directed one of the shorts presented in the anthology "
18-j ", a collection of 10 shorts directed by 10 highly acclaimed Argentine directors homaging the tenth anniversary of the1994 AMIA bombing . On the same year, he created the TV series "Epitafios " along fellow directorJorge Nisco , a 13-episode mini-series starringJulio Chávez ,Paola Krum andCecilia Roth . It was the first original series produced byHBO andHBO Latin America . He also directed an episode of the series "Mujeres asesinas" in 2006.Lecchi has recently directed his ninth feature film, "
Una Estrella y dos cafés ", which premiered 2006 and reunited the protagonists of "Nueces para el amor", Pauls and Gil.External links
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