Directing

Osias Wilenski

Born — Died

1933-12-02 — 2021-01-08

Place of birth

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Known for

Directing

Credits

7 titles

Osias Wilenski was born in Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is known for Ramón Gómez de la Serna (1964), Dale nomás (1974) and Moto Perpetuo (1959). Osias Wilenski was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. From an early age he studied piano with Professor Vicente Scaramuzza and harmony, counterpoint and composition with Dr. Erwin Leuchter, who had been a pupil of Alban Berg. From Leuchter comes his early interest in 12-tone music, a system that Wilenski has abandoned since. During the 1950s and through the suggestion of pianist Arturo Rubinstein, Wilenski won a scholarship to study at the Juilliard School of Music in New York, where he resided for several years. There he studied …

Known for

6.2

The story of a saxophonist with delusions of persecution that is being destroyed little by little by means of alcohol, drugs and sex. A story by Cortázar inspired by the life of Charlie Parker, it shows a fragmented narration and remarkable formal aspects.