Mara Luisa Bemberg (April 14, 1922 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 Argentinas foremost female director.The
daughter of Otto Eduardo Bemberg and Sofa 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 Pern 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regime that superseded Pern in the mid-1950s. Bemberg was inspired by
French novelist and art theorist Andr Malraux, who visited her aunt's
Villa Ocampo in 1959, and particularly his belief that "one must live
what one believes".
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 Argentinas foremost female director.The
daughter of Otto Eduardo Bemberg and Sofa 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 Pern 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 Pern in the mid-1950s. Bemberg was inspired by
French novelist and art theorist Andr 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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