Directing
José A. Martínez Suárez
Born — Died
1925-10-02 — 2019-08-17
Place of birth
Villa Cañás, Santa Fé, Argentina
Known for
Directing
Credits
29 titles
José Antonio Martínez Suárez (2 October 1925 – 17 August 2019) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter. He worked on more than 20 films between 1949 and 2003. He was the brother of actresses Mirtha and Silvia Legrand.
Known for
9.0The journey of Fernando Birri, the great father of New Latin American Cinema, has left a mark that begins at the legendary Santa Fe Documentary School and continues to this day. His methods, influences, his founding role, his poetic-political commitment, and his artistic output are some of the milestones that make up his journey.
Donde comienza el camino
2005
NRA car salesman recounts his professional journey, from a clumsy beginning marked by invasive treatment and failed demonstrations to a successful fluency. This film Martínez Suárez made on commission for the Argentine automobile factory IKA.
El hombre de la víbora
1965
8.0The film is about Eloy, a Chilean bandit and companion of Joaquín Murieta, who is wanted by the justice system on the border with Argentina. Although an escape seems impossible, in desperation he flees without a fixed destination.
Eloy
1969
6.2Osvaldo, a football player on the rise, begins to be targeted by private interests who want to elevate him to the status of a sports star.
El crack
1960
9.0Several losers living together in a Buenos Aires boarding house try to make a living while dreaming of a big life-changing score.
Los chantas
1975
5.5A criminal escapes from a court, with help of three miscreants, to find his lifelong friend, who is terminally ill. The police officer catch knows there is a hidden loot involved.
Nights Without Moons and Suns
1984
Film credits
2020s · 3 titles
NRWhen she made her first film in 1960, Vlasta Lah was the only woman to direct a sound feature film in Argentina. Her path was arduous and long: from her childhood in a country torn apart by war to her training at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, to her arrival in Argentina fleeing another war, where she became the most important assistant director at Estudios San Miguel. Through her personal correspondence and a meticulous investigation, her name will be rescued from oblivion.
Vlasta, el recuerdo no es eterno
2025
NRA reconstruction of the artistic memory of the Biancos, Pelicoris, and Alonsos, a family interwoven with theater, film, and radio drama. Through the intimate puzzle piece that sisters Ingrid Pelicori and Irina Alonso piece together, the film rescues an essential legacy of Argentine cultural heritage and invites us to immerse ourselves in the golden decades of the 1940s through the 1970s.
The impossible dream
2025
NRThe differences of origin and poetics between José Martínez Suárez and Manuel Antin, representatives of the cinema of the ‘60s’ Generation, are proof of the heterogeneity of the period and, at the same time, share the creation of a renovating and personal aesthetic that observes reality with a critical eye.
The Generation of ‘60s. The Unknown Friendship
2024
2010s · 3 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Cine de pueblo, una historia itinerante
2015
6.5Biographical documentary that traces the life of José Martínez Suárez, unconditional lover of cinema, president of the most important Film Festival of the continent. A lucid protagonist of his life and times.
Soy lo que quise ser
2018
NRTribute documentary on the relationship between music and image in the cinema, as a constitutive part of it, with great musical moments in Argentine films together with the words of those who compose and direct.
El cine a través de la música
2019
2000s · 4 titles
9.0The journey of Fernando Birri, the great father of New Latin American Cinema, has left a mark that begins at the legendary Santa Fe Documentary School and continues to this day. His methods, influences, his founding role, his poetic-political commitment, and his artistic output are some of the milestones that make up his journey.
Donde comienza el camino
2005
Documentary about Fernando Iglesias, “Tacholas”, a Spanish actor who arrived in Buenos Aires in 1929 and participated in 52 national films.
Tacholas, un actor galaico porteño
2004
7.0Argentinean singer and tango legend Ada Falcón disappeared without a trace in 1942 at the height of her career. This is the story of how she was located sixty years later, living in an unexpected way, in an unexpected place.
I Don't Know What Your Eyes Have Done to Me
2003
7.2A peculiar, meticulous, vocationally archeological account of the professional life of the actor, Spanish by birth, Argentinean by adoption, Narciso Ibañez Menta (1912-2004), spiritual disciple of Lon Chaney, the new man of a thousand faces, master of horror, star of Argentinean theater, cinema and television for decades.
Nadie inquietó más
2008
Behind the camera
NRA car salesman recounts his professional journey, from a clumsy beginning marked by invasive treatment and failed demonstrations to a successful fluency. This film Martínez Suárez made on commission for the Argentine automobile factory IKA.
El hombre de la víbora
1965
NRA car salesman recounts his professional journey, from a clumsy beginning marked by invasive treatment and failed demonstrations to a successful fluency. This film Martínez Suárez made on commission for the Argentine automobile factory IKA.
El hombre de la víbora
1965
8.0The film is about Eloy, a Chilean bandit and companion of Joaquín Murieta, who is wanted by the justice system on the border with Argentina. Although an escape seems impossible, in desperation he flees without a fixed destination.
Eloy
1969
6.2Osvaldo, a football player on the rise, begins to be targeted by private interests who want to elevate him to the status of a sports star.
El crack
1960
6.2Osvaldo, a football player on the rise, begins to be targeted by private interests who want to elevate him to the status of a sports star.
El crack
1960
9.0Several losers living together in a Buenos Aires boarding house try to make a living while dreaming of a big life-changing score.
Los chantas
1975
9.0Several losers living together in a Buenos Aires boarding house try to make a living while dreaming of a big life-changing score.
Los chantas
1975
5.5A criminal escapes from a court, with help of three miscreants, to find his lifelong friend, who is terminally ill. The police officer catch knows there is a hidden loot involved.
Nights Without Moons and Suns
1984
5.5A criminal escapes from a court, with help of three miscreants, to find his lifelong friend, who is terminally ill. The police officer catch knows there is a hidden loot involved.
Nights Without Moons and Suns
1984
NRDocumentary that registers the awakening of the city and its daily early movement.
Buenos días, Buenos Aires
1966
5.3A sexually-repressed girl of the Buenos Aires slums slowly goes mad after marrying.
La Mary
1974
7.6Mara Ordaz, a former film star who lives in an isolated mansion with her husband, her doctor and her money manager, decides to sell the house and return to Buenos Aires; but the three men do not agree with her decision.
Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic
1976
7.6Mara Ordaz, a former film star who lives in an isolated mansion with her husband, her doctor and her money manager, decides to sell the house and return to Buenos Aires; but the three men do not agree with her decision.
Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic
1976
10.0A shy young man has trouble relating to women and asks an extravagant relationship counselor for help.
Cómo seducir a una mujer
1967
8.0A group of tourists travel Buenos Aires by bus.
Viaje de una noche de verano
1965
NRNo synopsis available yet.
El desafío
1978
6.7Three boys from very different backgrounds who have just finished their military service must face the complex social reality of Argentina.
Dar la cara
1962
6.7Three boys from very different backgrounds who have just finished their military service must face the complex social reality of Argentina.
Dar la cara
1962