Catrano Catrani
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 31, 1910, Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy
- Died
- December 19, 1974
- Movies
- 19
Catrano M. Catrani (October 31, 1910 — December 19, 1974) was an Italian-Argentine film director and producer.
Catrani was born in 1910 in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy. He studied film at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. He emigrated to Argentina in 1937 and settled in Buenos Aires, where he joined San Miguel Studios. He directed many short advertising films and documentaries, and in 1942 he completed his first major work, the comedy En el último piso with Zully Moreno as the lead.
His first big success was Alto Paraná, a costumbrista comedy screenwritten by novelist Velmiro Ayala Gauna, with Ubaldo Martínez in the lead role as Frutos Gómez, a sardonic and astute policeman. In 1963, he directed La fusilación or El último montonero, co-written with Félix Luna and with music by Ariel Ramírez, about the bloody death of caudillo Ángel Vicente Peñaloza, which won the prize for best director at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2025 | Vlasta, el recuerdo no es eterno | Él mismo (material de archivo) |
| 1960 | The Furies | Marcelo, el hombre (silueta) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1972 | I Was Born In The Ribera | Director, Producer |
| 1972 | ¿De quiénes son las mujeres? | Director |
| 1967 | Tacuara y Chamorro, pichones de hombres | Director, Screenplay |
| 1965 | Santiago querido! | Director |
| 1963 | El último montonero | Writer, Director |
| 1960 | The Furies | Producer |
| 1960 | Álamos talados | Producer, Director |
| 1958 | Upper Paraná | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1955 | South of the 42nd parallel | Producer, Director |
| 1955 | Codicia | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1951 | Mujeres en sombra | Director |
| 1951 | La comedia inmortal | Director |
| 1950 | Lejos del cielo | Director |
| 1948 | Los secretos del buzón | Director |
| 1947 | Los hijos del otro | Director |
| 1945 | Llegó la niña Ramona | Director |
| 1942 | En el último piso | Director |
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