MarÃa Luisa Bemberg (April 14, 1922 â€" May 7, 1995) was an Argentine
film writer, director and actress; one of the first Argentine women
film directors with a powerful presence in the intellectual world of
Argentina of 1970-1990. In her work, she specialized in portraying
famous Argentinian women and the Argentine upper class. Bemberg also
focused on feminism, with regard to the gender debate and cinematic
gaze. Bemberg is arguably Argentina’s foremost female director.The
daughter of Otto Eduardo Bemberg and SofÃa Bengolea, she was born
into one of the most powerful and wealthy families of Argentina. Her
great-grandfather, German Argentine immigrant Otto Bemberg founded the
largest brewery Quilmes Brewery in 1888. Bemberg grew up in a wealthy
family. Bemberg never received a high school diploma or a college
degree. She was privately tutored by a governess.On October 17, 1945,
she married Carlos Miguens, an architect. Following their marriage and
in the midst of the Juan Perón era, the couple moved to Spain, where
they had four children before returning to Argentina. One of them,
Carlos Miguens Bemberg, would become a well-known businessman. 10
years later she divorced Miguens. Her partner in subsequent years was
film producer Oscar Kramer.In 1949, Bemberg became involved with the
previously named Smart Theater and later renamed the Astral Theater.
In 1959, she established and managed Buenos Aires's Teatro Del Globo
with her associate, Catalina Wolff. She was one of the founders of the
Mar del Plata Film Festival and the Feminist Union in Argentina. Her
original efforts to form feminist groups were muffled by the military
regime that superseded Perón in the mid-1950s. Bemberg was inspired
by French novelist and art theorist André Malraux, who visited her
aunt's Villa Ocampo in 1959, and particularly his belief that "one
must live what one believes".
film writer, director and actress; one of the first Argentine women
film directors with a powerful presence in the intellectual world of
Argentina of 1970-1990. In her work, she specialized in portraying
famous Argentinian women and the Argentine upper class. Bemberg also
focused on feminism, with regard to the gender debate and cinematic
gaze. Bemberg is arguably Argentina’s foremost female director.The
daughter of Otto Eduardo Bemberg and SofÃa Bengolea, she was born
into one of the most powerful and wealthy families of Argentina. Her
great-grandfather, German Argentine immigrant Otto Bemberg founded the
largest brewery Quilmes Brewery in 1888. Bemberg grew up in a wealthy
family. Bemberg never received a high school diploma or a college
degree. She was privately tutored by a governess.On October 17, 1945,
she married Carlos Miguens, an architect. Following their marriage and
in the midst of the Juan Perón era, the couple moved to Spain, where
they had four children before returning to Argentina. One of them,
Carlos Miguens Bemberg, would become a well-known businessman. 10
years later she divorced Miguens. Her partner in subsequent years was
film producer Oscar Kramer.In 1949, Bemberg became involved with the
previously named Smart Theater and later renamed the Astral Theater.
In 1959, she established and managed Buenos Aires's Teatro Del Globo
with her associate, Catalina Wolff. She was one of the founders of the
Mar del Plata Film Festival and the Feminist Union in Argentina. Her
original efforts to form feminist groups were muffled by the military
regime that superseded Perón in the mid-1950s. Bemberg was inspired
by French novelist and art theorist André Malraux, who visited her
aunt's Villa Ocampo in 1959, and particularly his belief that "one
must live what one believes".
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