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Gonzalo Acevedo Bernal

Gonzalo Acevedo Bernal

Directingb. January 1, 1900Bogotá, DC, Colombia
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Actor, cameraman and film producer (Bogotá, 1900 - Cali, 1967). In 1924 he married the Belgian Carmen Halewyck, with whom he had three daughters: Lucy, Olga and Irma. He was the first of the Acevedo brothers to be linked to his father's artistic activities, playing one of the main characters in La tragedia del silencio. He learned film technique from Hernando Bernal, cameraman for the brothers Francisco and Vicente Di Doménico, and by reading manuals, but above all in practice, as a photographer for the film Bajo el cielo antioqueño. With his brother Álvaro, they complemented personalities and talents to produce silent and sound documentary films for the next twenty years. In 1932 he traveled as a cameraman with the troops that moved overland to fight in the war against Peru. His passion for the craft made him a skilled photographer and editor with magnifying glass and scissors. From 19…

Filmography
Olaya Herrera y Eduardo Santos o de la cuna al sepulcro
Olaya Herrera y Eduardo Santos o de la cuna al sepulcro1937 · Director
Los Primeros Ensayos del Cine Parlante Nacional
Los Primeros Ensayos del Cine Parlante Nacional1937 · Director
El trágico final de Gardel, su última despedida1935 · Director
Colombia victoriosa
Colombia victoriosa1933 · Director
Under the Antioquian Sky
Under the Antioquian Sky1925 · Editor, Director of Photography
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