Carlos Hugo Christensen

Carlos Hugo Christensen

Known for

Directing

Born

December 14, 1914

Birthplace

Santiago del Estero, Argentina

Died

November 30, 1999 (aged 84)

Biography

Carlos Hugo Christensen was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer.

He directed 54 films between 1946 and his retirement. He lived in Venezuela, Mexico and Chile, until in the mid 1950s he relocated to Brazil where he established his own film studio, Carlos Hugo Christensen Produções Cinematográficas.

Christensen retired from film in 1996 and died three years later of a heart attack in Brazil.

Best known work

The Boy and the Wind
The Boy and the Wind
1967
If I Should Die Before I Wake
If I Should Die Before I Wake
1952
Never Open That Door
Never Open That Door
1952
Angels and Demons
Angels and Demons
1969
Runnin' After Love
Runnin' After Love
1978
La muerte camina en la lluvia
La muerte camina en la lluvia
1948
The Lady of Death
The Lady of Death
1946
The Intruder
The Intruder
1979
Are We?
Are We?
1982
The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon
The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon
1950

Filmography

  1. 1996

    A Casa de Açúcar

    Director, Writer

  2. 1982

    Are We?

    Writer, Director

  3. 1979

    The Intruder

    Director, Producer, Screenplay

  4. 1978

    Runnin' After Love

    Director, Producer, Screenplay

  5. 1975

    Enigma for Demons

    Director, Writer, Producer

  6. 1975

    House of Shadows

    Writer, Producer, Director

  7. 1973

  8. 1971

    Uma Pantera em Minha Cama

    Producer, Writer, Director

  9. 1969

    Angels and Demons

    Director, Writer, Producer

  10. 1968

    How To Kill a Playboy

    Director, Writer, Producer

  11. 1967

    The Boy and the Wind

    Director, Writer, Producer

  12. 1965

    Journey to Duilia's Breasts

    Director, Writer, Producer

  13. 1965

    Crônica da Cidade Amada

    Director, Producer, Screenplay

  14. 1965

  15. 1964

    Bossa Nova

    Director

  16. 1962

    Esse Rio que Eu Amo

    Director, Producer

  17. 1962

    O Rei Pelé

    Screenplay, Director

  18. 1962

  19. 1959

    Three Loves in Rio

    Director, Writer, Producer

  20. 1958

  21. 1958

    Love for Three

    Director, Producer, Writer

  22. 1955

  23. 1955

    Bloody Hands

    Director, Screenplay, Producer

  24. 1955

    Leonora of the Seven Seas

    Director, Writer, Co-Producer

  25. 1954

    María Magdalena

    Director, Writer

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