Jorge Acha

Birthday: 1946-11-10
Deathday: 1996-10-12
Birthplace: Miramar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gender: Male

Jorge Luis Acha (November 10, 1946, Miramar, Buenos Aires, Argentina - October 12, 1996, Miramar, Buenos Aires, Argentina) was an Argentine plastic artist, writer, screenwriter, photographer, and filmmaker.

He studied at the "Prilidiano Pueyrredón" National School of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires where he graduated as a drawing teacher and painting teacher.

Between 1975 and 1989, he had several individual painting exhibitions in Argentina, Bulgaria, Spain, Peru and Brazil.

His feature film "Habeas Corpus" won the Bariloche First Film Festival Award in 1987.

None of his films had a commercial release and today they are considered cult films.

He also wrote about cinema in the magazines "El amigo americano" and "Biógrafo" between 1979 and 1980.

He died at the age of 49, while inspecting the land where he was going to build his future home.

Credits

Year Title
1991-01-14 Mburucuyá: Portraits of Nature
1990-01-01 Standard
1986-10-23 Habeas Corpus
1976-01-01 Producciones Arena
1969-01-01 Impasse
1967-12-31 Veo-veo
1966-01-01 Sueño feliz
1964-02-01 Juan y Pedro
1964-02-01 No se culpe a nadie
1964-01-01 Marcy y Miguelo
1963-02-01 La estrella de David
1963-02-01 Gustavo
1963-02-01 Emboscada
1963-01-01 El diablo
1963-01-01 Marcy en la playa