Roly Santos Explained

Roly Santos is an Argentinean filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. Santos made his directorial debut with How Silly We Are to Grow Up (2000) and, in 2017, co-directed Coffee for All alongside Fulvio Iannucci, which was released on Netflix. Santos is a member of DAC - Directores Argentinos Cinematograficos, the association of Argentine film directors.

Education

Santos graduated from Escuela Nacional de Experimentación y Realización Cinematográfica (ENERC) (Argentina's National School of Film) in the 1980s, and later acquired a sociology degree from Universidad de Buenos Aires (University of Buenos Aires) in 1991.

Career

Santos produced films in many countries around the world. His directorial debut, How Silly We Are to Grow Up, was a fiction feature film (2000-Official Selection San Sebastian, IFF La Havana, and IFF Figueira Foz). Roly Santos worked as producer and director on TV shows, movies, and documentaries such as Crisol, Hi India, and New Dubliners. He received Best Director and Best Edition awards for Hands Together—a documentary feature—in Figueira Film Art (2015). With his Italian partners, he created Caffè Sospeso, a feature documentary released by Netflix in 2018 with the English title "Coffee For All". Santos also produced and directed Dedalo, a fiction series. In 2019 he produced and directed a fiction feature Water Pigs, also known as "Agua dos Porcos/Aguas Selvagens", a co-production between Argentina and Brazil.[1]

Author/teacher

Santos teaches about labor rights and intellectual property rights for technicians, directors, actors, and musicians of the film industry worldwide. He is a member of "DAC" Argentine Directors, Argentores (scriptwriters), and 100autori (Italy). He was founder and coordinator of FEDALA America Latin Writers and Film Directors Federation, 2003–2010.[2]

Activity under military dictatorship period

Filmography

Film Director

Screen Writer

Producer

Cameraman

Editing

References

  1. Web site: Roly Santos. 2021-07-31. IMDb.
  2. Web site: Fedala. InfoDAC. directoresdecine.
  3. Book: Getino. Octavio. Las Industrias Culturales, dimensión económica y políticas públicas. 1994. Editorial Colihue. 950-581-262-0. Argentina.
  4. News: La TV Avisa a los padres. Clarín.
  5. News: TikTok Downloader. TikTok.
  6. Web site: Shot files, Memory Day, march 24. Museo del Cine.
  7. Book: Campodónico, Horacio . ENERC, 50 Years. National Film School.