Lucas Demare

{{Short description|Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|7|14}}

| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|9|6|1910|7|14}}

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| occupation = Film director, screenwriter, Film producer

| years_active = 1938-1977

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Lucas Demare (July 14, 1910 – September 6, 1981) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter, and film producer notable for his work during the classical era of Argentine cinema and beyond.

Biography

At the 1943 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, Demare won Silver Condor awards for Best Director, Best Film and numerous other awards for The Gaucho War (1942),{{cite book|last=Oliveri|first=Ricardo García|title=Lucas Demare|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ykdAQAAIAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Centro Editor de América Latina|language=Spanish|page=60}} a film which is considered by critics in Argentina to be one of the best films in its history. He won further awards including Best Film and Director for Su mejor alumno (1944) at the 1945 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards. He wrote and directed other films such as El cura gaucho (1941), La calle grita (1948), Mi noche triste (1951), Zafra (1958) and La Boda (1964). His last film as a director was Hombres de mar in 1977. In 1964, he was a member of the jury at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1964/04_jury_1964/04_Jury_1964.html |title=Berlinale 1964: Juries |accessdate=2010-02-16 |work=berlinale.de}} He died of a heart attack at the age of 71 in 1981.