Tom Payne (director)
{{short description|Brazilian film director}}
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{{Infobox person
| image = Tom_Payne_(director).jpg
| caption = Tom Payne in Curucu, Beast of the Amazon
| name = Tom Payne
| birthname = Thomas Payne
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1914|10|4}}
| birth_place = Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1996|9|15|1914|10|4}}
| death_place = Alfenas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
| occupation = Film director
Screenwriter
Actor
| yearsactive = 1931–1963
}}
Tom Payne (4 October 1914 – 15 September 1996) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and actor, known for The Landowner's Daughter (1955), Payne and Hilliard (1931) and Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956). His film Sinhá Moça was entered into the 4th Berlin International Film Festival.{{Cite web |title=1st Berlin International Film Festival: In Competition |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1954/02_programm_1954/02_Programm_1954.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050508064415/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1954/02_programm_1954/02_Programm_1954.html |archive-date=May 8, 2005 |accessdate=24 December 2009 |work=berlinale.de}}
Early life and career
Payne was born in Argentina and started living in England when he was 16 years old.{{Cite news |date=1996-09-17 |title=Morre diretor Tom Payne |trans-title=Director Tom Payne dies |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/1996/9/17/cotidiano/27.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241014181729/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/1996/9/17/cotidiano/27.html |archive-date=2024-10-14 |access-date=2024-10-14 |work=Folha de S.Paulo |location=São Paulo |language=pt-BR}}
In 1937 he worked in English cinema as an extra and stuntman. He was invited by Alberto Cavalcanti to work in Vera Cruz's studio.{{Cite news |last=Villen |first=Gabriela |date=2017-03-30 |title=Livro destaca trajetória de estrela da Vera Cruz |trans-title=Book highlights the trajectory of a Vera Cruz star |url=Livro destaca trajetória de estrela da Vera Cruz |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241014205042/https://unicamp.br/unicamp/ju/noticias/2017/03/30/livro-destaca-trajetoria-de-estrela-da-vera-cruz/ |archive-date=2024-10-14 |access-date=2024-10-14 |work=Jornal da Unicamp |publisher=State University of Campinas |language=pt-BR}}
He married Eliane Lage, having met her in the studio and invited her to act in Caiçara, in 1951.{{Cite web |last=FAPESP |title=História singular |url=https://agencia.fapesp.br/historia-singular/14417 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241014204127/https://agencia.fapesp.br/historia-singular/14417 |archive-date=2024-10-14 |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=AGÊNCIA FAPESP |language=pt-BR}}
After leaving his cinematic career, Payne became an antique dealer, having settled in Guarujá.
Filmography
As Director
- Caiçara (1950)
- Ângela (1951)
- Terra É Sempre Terra (1952)
- Sai da Frente (1952)
- Sinhá Moça (1953)
- Arara Vermelha (1957)
As Actor
- No Hiding Place (1963)(TV Series) 3 episodes
- Ghost Squad (1963) (TV Series)
- Z Cars (TV Series) Undetermined role
- Found Abandoned (1962) ... Undetermined role (uncredited)
- Soldier, Soldier (1961) (TV Movie)
- Sykes and A... (1961) (TV Series) - Sykes and a Movie Camera
- The Larkins (1958) (TV Series)
- Arara Vermelha (1957)
- Love Slaves of the Amazons (1957) Dr. Mario Dellamano
- Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956) Tupanico
- Call Back Yesterday (TV Movie) (1956) Stage doorkeeper
- The Landowner's Daughter (1955)
- Caiçara (uncredited) (1950)
- Sinfonia fatale (1946)
- We're Going to Be Rich (1938) Kinch
- The Show Goes On (1937) Professor Augustino
- Feather Your Nest (1937) Fortner
- Keep Your Seats, Please! (1936) Man from Child Welfare
- Queen of Hearts (1936) Doorkeeper (uncredited)
- Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn (1936) Jailer (uncredited)
- Payne and Hilliard (1931) (Short)
Death
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0668453|Tom Payne}}
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