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Italy

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) is a pilot turned film actor

Actor

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, producer

Film producer

A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

, crash analyst, aeronautical physician, film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

, and screenplay writer, working partly in Argentina. Piñeyro and Verónica Cura

Verónica Cura

Verónica Cura is a film producer, production manager, and production designer.She works in the cinema of Argentina.Cura has worked with Enrique Piñeyro at Aqua Films, a film production company in Argentina....

 own Aqua Films

Aqua Films

Aqua Films is an Argentine film production company that provides administrative services to local and foreign productions.The company arranges and organizes pre-productions, film shoots and post-production work, including:...

, a film production company in Argentina

Argentina

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Biography

Piñeyro was born in Genoa, Italy, 1956. He graduated as a doctor and went on to become a pilot for airline service in 1988 in Argentina, where he worked at LAPA

LAPA

Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas , more commonly known by the acronym LAPA, was an airline based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At its heyday, the carrier operated international services to the United States and Uruguay, as well as an extensive domestic network within Argentina. Additionally, the...

, becoming an experienced pilot (ATP certificate, Boeing 737 copilot, Saab 340 captain). Two months prior to the infamous LAPA flight 3142

LAPA flight 3142

LAPA Flight 3142 was a scheduled Buenos Aires–Córdoba flight operated by the Argentine airline Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas. The service was operated with a Boeing 737-204C, registration LV-WRZ, that crashed on at 20:54 local time while attempting to take off from Aeroparque Jorge Newbery...

 crash, Piñeyro voiced his concerns about LAPA's safety policy. Following the plane crash, Piñeyro became somewhat of a public figure in retelling his experiences working at LAPA, which subsequently went out of service. Piñeyro, who had already acted in films five times, went on to star a sixth time in his directorial debut, Whisky Romeo Zulu

Whisky Romeo Zulu

Whisky Romeo Zulu is a 2005 Argentine drama film, directed by Enrique Piñeyro and written by Piñeyro and Emiliano Torres. Aqua Films' Verónica Cura was the executive producer and Enrique Piñeyro was the producer....

in 2004 – a partially biographical film where he recounted his battle against LAPA's safety policy before the accident. The film was generally well received, and spun a sequel of sorts, Fuerza aérea sociedad anónima, a documental that criticized the fact that in Argentina the air traffic is controlled by the Air Force

Argentine Air Force

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. Following the film's release, the national government decided to separate the Argentine Air Force from commercial air traffic, which is now responsibility of the Secretary of Transport.
Piñeyro has been dubbed the Michael Moore

Michael Moore

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 of Argentina due to his public criticism of specific government corruption, and the favorable results attained from his filmmaking.

He is not related to another famous Argentine filmmaker, Marcelo Piñeyro

Marcelo Piñeyro

Marcelo Piñeyro is an Argentine award-winning film director, screenwriter, and film producer.-Biography:Born in Buenos Aires, Piñeyro studied cinematography at the University of La Plata's School of Fine Arts...

.

Acting filmography

• Alambrado
  Alambrado
  Alambrado is an 1991 Argentine and Italian film written and directed by Marco Bechis.The film starred Jacqueline Lustig, Martin Kalwill, and Arturo Maly.-Plot:...
  
  (1991) aka Barbed Wire
• Garage Olimpo
  Garage Olimpo
  Olympic Garage is an Argentine drama film, directed by Marco Bechis and written by Bechis and Lara Fremder.The film was produced by Daniel Burman and Diego Dubcovsky , Amedeo Pagani , and Eric Heumann ....
  
  (1999) aka Garage Olimpo
• Esperando al Mesías (2000) aka Waiting for the Messiah
  Waiting for the Messiah
  Waiting for the Messiah is a 2000 Argentine, Spanish, and Italian comedy drama film directed by Daniel Burman. The film features Daniel Hendler, Enrique Piñeyro, Héctor Alterio, Melina Petriella, Stefania Sandrelli, Imanol Arias and Dolores Fonzi, among others.The film won many awards including...
  
  
• Figli/Hijos (2001) aka Sons and Daughters
• Dormir al sol (2003)
• Whisky Romeo Zulu
  Whisky Romeo Zulu
  Whisky Romeo Zulu is a 2005 Argentine drama film, directed by Enrique Piñeyro and written by Piñeyro and Emiliano Torres. Aqua Films' Verónica Cura was the executive producer and Enrique Piñeyro was the producer....
  
  (2004)
• Nordeste (2005)
• Fuerza aérea sociedad anónima (2006)
• Hotel Tívoli (2007)

Directing filmography

• Whisky Romeo Zulu
  Whisky Romeo Zulu
  Whisky Romeo Zulu is a 2005 Argentine drama film, directed by Enrique Piñeyro and written by Piñeyro and Emiliano Torres. Aqua Films' Verónica Cura was the executive producer and Enrique Piñeyro was the producer....
  
  (2004)
• Fuerza aérea sociedad anónima (2006)
• Bye Bye Life (2008)
• El rati horror show
  El Rati Horror Show
  El Rati Horror Show is a 2010 Argentine film directed by Enrique Piñeyro and written by Piñeyro and Pablo Galfre.- Plot :The film focuses on the way in which the judicial cause of Fernando Carrera was hatched...
  
  (2009)

External links

• Aqua films official web site.