Fernando Ayala

{{Short description|Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer}} {{Infobox person | image = Fernando Ayala.JPG | name = Fernando Ayala | birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|7|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = Gualeguay, Entre Ríos | death_date = {{death date and age|1997|9|11|1920|7|2|df=yes}} | death_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina | other_names = | occupation = Film director, screenwriter | years_active = 1955–1991 }} '''Fernando Ayala''' (2 July 1920 – 11 September 1997) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer of the classic era.

Ayala initially began as a trainee assistant director in 1942, in ''El Viaje'', and within two years he had become an assistant director.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} By 1949 he had obtained his first job as director, and from 1958 he also served as producer for the films he directed and some others. Between 1950 and 1987 he was involved in the direction and production of well over 40 films, such as ''Ayer fue primavera'' in 1955 and ''Argentinísima'' and ''Argentinísima II'' in 1972 and 1973 respectively. In 1963 he was a member of the jury at the 13th Berlin International Film Festival.<ref name="berlinale 1963">{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1963/04_jury_1963/04_Jury_1963.html |title=Berlinale: Juries |access-date=2010-02-13 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref> His 1983 film ''The Deal'' was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Diploma.<ref name="Moscow1983">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1983 |title=13th Moscow International Film Festival (1983) |access-date=2013-01-31 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107141111/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1983 |archive-date=2013-11-07 }}</ref>

==Filmography== ===Director=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *''Ayer fue primavera'' (1955) *''Los tallos amargos'' (1956) *''Una viuda difícil'' (1957) *''El jefe'' (1958) * ''The Candidate'' (1959) *''Sábado a la noche, cine'' (1960) *''Paula cautiva'' (1963) *''La industria del matrimonio'' (1964) *''Primero yo'' (1964) *''Viaje de una noche de verano'' (1965) *''Con gusto a rabia'' (1965) *''Hotel alojamiento'' (1966) *''Las locas del conventillo'' (1966) *''Cuando los hombres hablan de mujeres'' (1967) *''En mi casa mando yo'' (1968) *''El professor hippie'' (1969) *''La fiaca'' (1969) *''El profesor patagónico'' (1970) *''La guita'' (1970) *''La gran ruta'' (1971) *''Argentino hasta la muerte'' (1971) *''El profesor tirabombas'' (1972) *''Argentinísima'' (1972) *''Argentinísima II'' (1973) *''Triángulo de cuatro'' (1975) *''El canto cuenta su historia'' (1976) *''Los médicos'' (1978) *''Desde el abismo'' (1980) *''Días de ilusión'' (1980) *''Abierto día y noche'' (1981) *''Plata dulce'' (1982) *''El arreglo'' (1983) *''Pasajeros de una pesadilla'' (1984) *''Sobredosis'' (1986) *''El año del conejo'' (1987) *''Dios los cría'' (1991) {{div col end}}

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0043622|name=Fernando Ayala}}

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