Carlos Hugo Christensen (15 December 1914 Santiago del Estero

Santiago del Estero

Santiago del Estero is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina. It has a population of 244,733 inhabitants, making it the twelfth largest city in the country, with a surface area of 2,116 km². It lies on the Dulce River and on National Route 9, at a distance of...

- 30 November 1999 Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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) was a major Argentine

Argentina

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 film director

Film director

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, screenwriter

Screenwriter

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 and film producer

Film producer

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Christensen directed some 54 different films between 1946 films Adán y la serpiente and El Angel Desnudo in which he famously worked with actressOlga Zubarry

Olga Zubarry

Olga Adela Zubarriain is a retired Argentine film actress. Born in Parque de los Patricios, she is a fan of Huracan, a famous soccer team in Buenos Aires. She made almost 80 appearances in film between 1943 and 1997 spanning 6 decades of Argentine cinema.She began her career at Lumiton studios in...

. He also wrote the scripts and produced many Argentine movies.

He retired from film in 1996 and died three years later of heart attack in Brazil

Brazil

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Selected filmography

• Sixteen (1943)
• Adán y la serpiente (1946)
• Una Atrevida aventurita
  Una Atrevida aventurita
  Una Atrevida aventurita is a 1948 Argentine film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen and written by Julio Porter.-Cast:*Carlos Bellucci*Beba Bidart*Angel Boffa*Max Citelli*Miguel Coiro*Roberto Escalada*Susana Freyre*Ramón Garay*Miguel Gómez Bao...
  
  (1948)
• The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon
  The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon
  The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon is a 1949 Venezuelan-Argentine film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Arturo de Córdova* Virginia Luque* América Barrio* Juana Sujo...
  
  (1949)
• Three Loves in Rio (1959)
• Anjos e Demônios
  Anjos e Demônios
  Anjos e Demônios is a Brazilian drama movie from 1970, directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen, based on the history of Jotta Barroso.-Cast:*Eva Christian*Geraldo Del Rey*Luiz Fernando Ianelli*Fregolente*Renato Coutinho*Rubens de Falco*Pedro Pimenta...
  
  (1970)

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