Nieves Yankovic (1916â€"1985) was a Chilean actress and documentary
maker. "The only woman film director in Chile during the fifties and
sixties", her documentary Andacollo (1958) influenced socially
committed documentary in Chile. She has been called "an iconic figure
among women filmmakers".Born in Antofagasta, Nieves Yankovic lived in
Europe from 1928 to 1942. She was one of the founders of the
University of Chile Experimental Theatre. A film actress under the
name Nieves Yanko, she made her debut in Luis Moglia Barth's Romance
de medio sieglo (Romance of half a century, 1944). She also acted in
Carlos Borcosque's Amarga verdad (1945), Roberto de Ribón's El Padre
Pitillo (1946), Carlos Hugo Christensen's La dama de la muerte (1946),
Fred Matter's El paso maldito (1949), Pierre Chenal's El Ãdolo (1952)
and Pierre Chenal's Confesiones al amanecer (1954).Yankovic worked as
assistant director under Carlos Hugo Christensen and Pierre Chenal. In
1946 she married Jorge di Lauro, a sound engineer at Chile Films. From
1958 until 1972 the pair directed documentaries together.After the
1973 Chilean coup d'état, Yankovic and her husband worked as
teachers.
maker. "The only woman film director in Chile during the fifties and
sixties", her documentary Andacollo (1958) influenced socially
committed documentary in Chile. She has been called "an iconic figure
among women filmmakers".Born in Antofagasta, Nieves Yankovic lived in
Europe from 1928 to 1942. She was one of the founders of the
University of Chile Experimental Theatre. A film actress under the
name Nieves Yanko, she made her debut in Luis Moglia Barth's Romance
de medio sieglo (Romance of half a century, 1944). She also acted in
Carlos Borcosque's Amarga verdad (1945), Roberto de Ribón's El Padre
Pitillo (1946), Carlos Hugo Christensen's La dama de la muerte (1946),
Fred Matter's El paso maldito (1949), Pierre Chenal's El Ãdolo (1952)
and Pierre Chenal's Confesiones al amanecer (1954).Yankovic worked as
assistant director under Carlos Hugo Christensen and Pierre Chenal. In
1946 she married Jorge di Lauro, a sound engineer at Chile Films. From
1958 until 1972 the pair directed documentaries together.After the
1973 Chilean coup d'état, Yankovic and her husband worked as
teachers.
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