Directing
Gonzalo Acevedo Bernal
Born — Died
1900-01-01 — 1967-01-01
Place of birth
Bogotá, DC, Colombia
Known for
Directing
Credits
5 titles
Actor, cameraman and film producer (Bogotá, 1900 - Cali, 1967). In 1924 he married the Belgian Carmen Halewyck, with whom he had three daughters: Lucy, Olga and Irma. He was the first of the Acevedo brothers to be linked to his father's artistic activities, playing one of the main characters in La tragedia del silencio. He learned film technique from Hernando Bernal, cameraman for the brothers Francisco and Vicente Di Doménico, and by reading manuals, but above all in practice, as a photographer for the film Bajo el cielo antioqueño. With his brother Álvaro, they complemented personalities and talents to produce silent and sound documentary films for the next twenty years. In 1932 he travel…
Known for
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El trágico final de Gardel, su última despedida
1935
NRA look at the war between Colombia and Peru from the battlefield. A conflict that lasted from September 1, 1932 until the peace treaty of June 1, 1933.
Colombia victoriosa
1933
7.0Due to an unfortunate mistake with laboratory samples, a young husband is diagnosed as suffering from the terrible disease of leprosy. In his distress he decides to leave home.
The Tragedy of Silence
1924
NRFirst full-length sound film made by the Acevedo Brothers, it shows the birth and childhood of Enrique Olaya Herrera, born and baptized in Guateque. It also presents the gestation and launching of the presidential candidacy of Eduardo Santos for the years 1938 to 1942. Finally there are all the ceremonies and tributes carried out since the corpse of Enrique Olaya Herrera touches Colombian soil in Buenaventura until his burial in the cemetery of Bogota. (Newspaper "El Tiempo" - Bogotá, May 29, 1937)
Olaya Herrera y Eduardo Santos o de la cuna al sepulcro
1937
NRThe first Colombian film with synchronous optical sound.
Los Primeros Ensayos del Cine Parlante Nacional
1937
Film credits
Behind the camera
No synopsis available yet.
El trágico final de Gardel, su última despedida
1935
NRA look at the war between Colombia and Peru from the battlefield. A conflict that lasted from September 1, 1932 until the peace treaty of June 1, 1933.
Colombia victoriosa
1933
NRFirst full-length sound film made by the Acevedo Brothers, it shows the birth and childhood of Enrique Olaya Herrera, born and baptized in Guateque. It also presents the gestation and launching of the presidential candidacy of Eduardo Santos for the years 1938 to 1942. Finally there are all the ceremonies and tributes carried out since the corpse of Enrique Olaya Herrera touches Colombian soil in Buenaventura until his burial in the cemetery of Bogota. (Newspaper "El Tiempo" - Bogotá, May 29, 1937)
Olaya Herrera y Eduardo Santos o de la cuna al sepulcro
1937
NRThe first Colombian film with synchronous optical sound.
Los Primeros Ensayos del Cine Parlante Nacional
1937