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My Take
Solanas is the kind of artist I keep coming back to because he refused to stay in one lane. A Cannes-winning director who also picked up a camera, wrote the scores, and then went into politics is not a resume, it is a worldview. What I admire most is that he used his prestige as a weapon rather than a cushion, pointing his lens at Argentina's dictatorships and corruption when it would have been safer to coast. Pino mattered because he treated cinema as civic duty, and he carried that conviction from the outskirts of Buenos Aires all the way to the end.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Fernando Solanas
- Name (Japanese)
- フェルナンド・E・ソラナス
- Reading
- ふぇるなんど・E・そらなす
- Born
- February 16, 1936 – November 6, 2020
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rat
- Origin
- Olivos, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
- Occupation
- theatre director / politician / film director / screenwriter / cinematographer
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- 1972 Sutherland Trophy
- 1988 Cannes Best Director Award
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Fernando Solanas born?
February 16, 1936 – November 6, 2020.
Where is Fernando Solanas from?
Fernando Solanas is from Olivos, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
What does Fernando Solanas do?
Fernando Solanas works as theatre director, politician, film director, screenwriter, cinematographer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.