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John Dickinson

Directing

0.1 Popularity Buenos Aires, Argentina

Argentine/British born in Buenos Aires, 1946. B.A. in History from Harvard College, 1967, magna cum laude, film studies/workshops at Swedish Film Institute, AFI, and Cal Arts. He has worked in film since 1970, as cameraperson/lighting cameraperson, soundman, and director.

In the 1970s he left Argen...

Biography

Argentine/British born in Buenos Aires, 1946. B.A. in History from Harvard College, 1967, magna cum laude, film studies/workshops at Swedish Film Institute, AFI, and Cal Arts. He has worked in film since 1970, as cameraperson/lighting cameraperson, soundman, and director.

In the 1970s he left Argentina and settled in Venezuela, directing documentaries like The Cumaná Devil, Country Painter, and The Mandolin King, which received a total of 24 awards in Venezuela, Germany and France. Dickinson also made the feature documentary Ajishama, and produced and directed two fiction features in Venezuela, Blows and Boleros, (Channel 4 London, Foncine), and The Crystal Ship (Dickinson/Foncine).

In 2004 he moved back to Argentina, and since then has produced and directed several fiction features, Splitting Atoms (2006), Destiny Foretold (2013), and Dolores (2016- Argentina/Brazil coproduction, INCAA/ANCINE), as well as the feature documentary Station Day in 2011, and the documentary television special Breaking the Cycle (England, 2014).

In 2018 he produced/directed the documentary feature Fireland Dogs (Tierra del Fuego). He is currently working on a documentary feature about nature conservation, to be shot in Patagonia.

Filmography 14

2011
2006
2005
Partiendo átomos Movie

Director

2003
2003
1991
The Jerry Springer Show TV

Camera Operator

1987
Macu, la mujer del policía Movie

Camera Operator

1985
El rey del bandolín Movie

Director

1985
1984
The Cumaná Devil Movie

Director

1984
The Cumaná Devil Movie

Writer

1984
Peasant Painter Movie

Director

1984
Peasant Painter Movie

Writer

1980
Si j'te cherche... j'me trouve Movie

Camera Operator

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Personal Details

Known For Directing
Gender Male
Place of Birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Years Active 1980 - 2011
Popularity 0.1
Career Stats
14 Total Credits
1 Photos