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Miguel Castro

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Birthplace:
Santiago de Chile, Chile

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Miguel Castro Grimberg, engineer and filmmaker, was born in Santiago de Chile on  October 7, 1928. Within the framework of one of the University Film contests, he generated  one of his first short films, one of the best known, titled Avenida 18 de julio  (1951). His filmography is made up of the following titles: Holiday (1951), Brief  history (1952), It was once... (1953), Cariri (1953), Images (1955), Notes for a  final (1955), The yellow stripe (1962)17. He made a film for Cine Universitario, the  which they would later title as Ay, Uruguay. The tape was confiscated during the  dictatorship and today, although remains of the film were recovered, the film has not been found  original18. Miguel Castro was forced to return to Chile during the Uruguayan dictatorship  1973. He returned four years after the end of the de facto government and died shortly  some time later, on December 27, 1989, in Montevideo.

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Director:
1962  La Raya Amarilla
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Director of Photography:
1961  El Niño de los Lentes Verdes
1962  La Raya Amarilla
1967  Elecciones
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Sound:
1961  El Niño de los Lentes Verdes
1962  Homomania
1962  La Raya Amarilla
1967  Elecciones
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