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José A. Ferreyra
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José Agustín Ferreyra, credited as José A. Ferreyra and popularly known as "Negro Ferreyra" was an early Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was also sometimes credited as production designer.
Ferreyra began simultaneously directing and screenwriting for film in 1915, and moved on to success directing films such as Palomas rubias in 1920. His films tended to focus on lower-class family drama, most notably Perdón, viejita (1927), and were filmed on a low budget and with little to no script as a guide. Ferreyra prevailes through the 1920s and 1930s as a distinguished filmmaker of the masses, but was displaced in the late 1930s and early 1940s by big budget cinema. He directed over 40 films and wrote the scripts for the majority of them between 1915 and 1941, working with noted actors such as Libertad Lamarque and Mario Soffici on his screen debut, before moving on to directing.
He died on 29 January 1943 from throat cancer.
As director
La mujer y la selva
El ángel de trapo
Pájaros sin nido
Chimbela
La ley que olvidaron
La que no perdonó
Bewitching Kisses
Muchachos de la ciudad
Sol de Primavera
Ayúdame a vivir
Puente Alsina
Mañana es domingo
Calles de Buenos Aires
Gaucho Rapsody
Buenos Aires Dolls
The Gaucho's Song
El cantar de mi ciudad
Perdón, viejita
The Return to the Crash Pad
La costurerita que dio aquel mal paso
Muchachita de Chiclana
Mi último tango
El organito de la tarde
El arriero de Yacanto
Odio serrano
Mientras Buenos Aires duerme
Corazón de criolla
Melenita de oro
La leyenda del puente inca
La maleva
