About
Helvio Soto Soto was born in Santiago on February 21, 1930. He was a Chilean filmmaker, considered one of the most important filmmakers of the mid-1960s and 1970s. He went to law school, a career he never practiced. At a very young age, and hearing the call of communications, he emigrated from Chile, achieving some positions as assistant in films shot in Argentina and working in radio in Ecuador. He wrote some books such as Semana a semana, which had regular critical success.
Filmography
Mon Ami Washington1984 · Director
The Triple Death of the Third Character1981 · Director
Rain over Santiago1975 · Director, Writer
Metamorphosis of the Chief of the Political Police1973 · Director, Screenplay
The Suns of Easter Island1972 · Producer
Voto + Fusil1971 · Director, Screenplay
Bloody Nitrate1969 · Director, Screenplay
Monday to Sunday1968 · Director, Screenplay
Érase un niño, un guerrillero, un caballo…1967 · Director, Screenplay
The ABC of Love1967 · Director
Juan Maula y el Garrudo1966 · Producer
El Analfabeto1965 · Screenplay, Director, Animation
Ana1965 · Director, Writer
Yo tenía un camarada1964 · Executive Producer, Director, Writer