Jorge Goldenberg Hachero (b. 1941) is a prolific screenwriter from Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

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Jorge Goldenberg was born in San Martín

San Martín

-People:*José de San Martín, national hero of Argentina, an 18th-century general and the main leader of the southern part of South America's struggle for independence from Spain...

, Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

, Argentina in 1941.
He studied film direction at the Film Institute of the National University of the Litoral

National University of the Littoral

The National University of the Littoral is a university in Argentina. It is based in Santa Fe, the capital of the province of the same name, and it has colleges and other academic facilities in Esperanza, Reconquista and Gálvez, also in Santa Fe Province.-History:The original institution was...

 in Santa Fe

Santa Fe, Argentina

Santa Fe is the capital city of province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It sits in northeastern Argentina, near the junction of the Paraná and Salado rivers. It lies opposite the city of Paraná, to which it is linked by the Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel. The city is also connected by canal with the...

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He directed the documentaries Reportaje a un vagón (1963), Oficio (1966), co-directed the documentary Hachero nomás (1966) with Patricio Coll

Patricio Coll

Patricio Coll is a movie director from Argentina who has worked in film, video and TV, both in Argentina and Venezuela and Spain. He currently resides in Santa Fe....

, Hugo Bonomo and Luis Zanger, and co-directed the documentary Regreso a Fortín Olmos (2008) with Patricio Coll.

Goldenberg has written several plays that have been staged in Argentina, other countries of Latin America and Europe, including Relevo 1923, Fifty-fifty, Poniendo la casa en orden, Knepp, Cartas a Moreno, Krinsky, La lista completa and Fotos de Infancias.
He has also taught courses and led workshops on scriptwriting in several countries.

Films

Jorge Goldenberg is credited as writer for:

• 1966 Hachero nomás (documentary short)
• 1971 Sebastián y su amigo el artista (TV movie)
• 1972 La nueva Francia
• 1975 Jewish Gauchos
• 1976 Juan que reía
• 1976 No toquen a la nena
• 1977 Dear Comrades
• 1981 Sentimental (requiem para un amigo) (adaptation of the novel "Los desangelados")
• 1982 Plata dulce (Fernando Ayala
  Fernando Ayala
  Fernando Ayala was an Argentine film producer, film director, screenwriter and film producer of the classic era...
  
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• 1984 Otra esperanza
• 1984 Pasajeros de una pesadilla
• 1985 La película del rey (A king and his movie)
  A King and His Movie
  A King and His Movie is a 1986 Argentine comedy drama film, directed by Carlos Sorín, and written by Sorín and Jorge Goldenberg. The movie features Ulises Dumont, Julio Chávez, among others.-Plot:...
  
  (Carlos Sorin
  Carlos Sorín
  Carlos Sorín is a film director, screenplay writer, cinematographer, and film producer. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina....
  
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• 1986 Miss Mary (María Luisa Bemberg)
• 1986 Sostenido en La menor
• 1989 Eversmile, New Jersey
  Eversmile, New Jersey
  Eversmile, New Jersey is an Argentine and British comedy-drama film released in 1989, directed by Carlos Sorín, and written by Sorín, Jorge Goldenberg, and Roberto Scheuer.The film stars Daniel Day Lewis as dentist Dr. Fergus O'Connell...
  
  
• 1990 La frontera (The Frontier)
  The Frontier (film)
  The Frontier is a 1991 Chilean film directed by Ricardo Larraín and starring Patricio Contreras and Gloria Laso. Larraín won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:...
  
  (Ricardo Larraín
  Ricardo Larraín
  Ricardo Larraín is a Chilean film editor and director. His 1991 film The Frontier won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.-External links:...
  
  , Chile)
• 1993 De eso no se habla (I Don't Want to Talk About It)
  I Don't Want to Talk About It (film)
  I Don't Want to Talk About It is a 1993 Argentine-Italian drama film directed by María Luisa Bemberg.-Cast:* Marcello Mastroianni - Ludovico D'Andrea* Luisina Brando - Leonor* Alejandra Podesta - Charlotte* Betiana Blum - Madama...
  
  (dialogue) (María Luisa Bemberg)
• 1993 La estrategia del caracol
• 1994 Águilas no cazan moscas
• 1995 The Eyes of the Scissors
• 1996 Ilona llega con la lluvia
• 1997 El sueño de los héroes (Sergio Renán
  Sergio Renán
  Sergio Renán is an Argentine actor, film director and screenwriter.Born in Buenos Aires in 1933, Renán became an accomplished violinist in his teens and, following a minor film role in Mario Soffici's 1951 drama Pasó en mi barrio , he joined the theatre as an actor and continued to appear in...
  
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• 1997 El impostor (The Impostor) (Alejandro Maci)
• 1998 Enthusiasm
• 1998 Tinta roja (Red Ink) (Full-length documentary directed by Carmen Guarini)
• 2001 La Fuga
  La Fuga
  La Fuga is an Argentine 2001 film directed by Eduardo Mignogna.The picture stars Mignogna's friend and frequent collaborator, Ricardo Darin, as well as Miguel Angel Sola, Gerardo Romano, Patricio Contreras, Ines Estevez, Alejandro Awada and Norma Aleandro.-Plot:In the summer of 1928, seven inmates...
  
  (Eduardo Mignogna
  Eduardo Mignogna
  Eduardo Mignogna was an Argentinian film director and screenwriter.- Filmography :* 1975 - La Raulito en libertad * 1983 - El Desquite...
  
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• 2001 Otilia Rauda
• 2002 Francisca (screenplay)
• 2002 Tarde en la noche (TV movie)
• 2002 The Place That Was Paradise
• 2003 The Southern Cross
  The Southern Cross (film)
  The Southern Cross is a 2003 Argentine drama film directed by Pablo Reyero. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Letizia Lestido - Nora* Luciano Suardi - Javier* Humberto Tortonese - Wendy...
  
  (Pablo Reyero)
• 2003 La tarara del chapao (Enrique Navarro, Spain)
• 2004 Perder es cuestión de método (The Art of Losing)
  Perder es cuestión de método
  Perder es Cuestión de Método is a movie co-produced by Spain and Colombia in 2005. It is directed by Sergio Cabrera, and starring Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Cesar Mora, Martina Garcia, Victor Mallarino and Sain Castro.A grim history, but also human and fun, led by Colombian Sergio Cabrera , the...
  
  (Sergio Cabrera, Colombia/Spain)
• 2005 Los nombres de Alicia
• 2006 Las alas de la vida (full-length documentary, directed by Antoni P. Canet, Spain)
• 2007 My Mexican Shivah (screenplay, based on the story Morirse está en hebreo by Ilan Stavans
  Ilan Stavans
  Ilan Stavans is a Mexican-American, essayist, lexicographer, cultural commentator, translator, short-story author, TV personality, and teacher known for his insights into American, Hispanic, and Jewish cultures.- Life :Ilan Stavans was born in Mexico to a middle-class Jewish family from the Pale...
  
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• 2008 Regreso a Fortín Olmos (Back to Fortin Olmos) (documentary – special mention at the 2008 Mar del Plata Film Festival
  Mar del Plata Film Festival
  The Mar del Plata International Film Festival is an international film festival that takes place every November in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina...
  
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