Directing
Máximo Calvo Olmedo
Place of birth
Bercianos del Real Camino, León, Spain
Known for
Directing
Credits
4 titles
Born in Bercianos del Real Camino Francés (province of León, Spain), Calvo Olmedo left his hometown at the age of 17 to travel to America in search of opportunities. After touring several countries, he decided to settle in Balboa, Panama, where he worked as a painter and photographer, trades he had learned in his homeland. The details of his apprenticeship in art and filmmaking are not known; however, it is known that in America he had the opportunity to handle film cameras, which were handled only by experienced photographers. In addition to working for some years as a photographer, Olmedo also worked as a distributor for 20th Century Fox in Balboa, a production company with which he filmed…
Known for
6.0María tells the tragic love story of María, a beautiful young woman, and her half brother Efraín, a handsome young man from Valle del Cauca. They both fall in love and live their romance on the farm "El Paraíso", in Valle del Cauca, but not everything is rosy, since Efraín must go to Bogotá because of study reasons leaving María with pain in her soul. Some time later, María becomes ill and Emma tells her brother about the situation.
María
1922
8.0The young daughter of a peasant landowner is presented with expectations to Cali society, however, despite her beauty and her education, she is received in a bad way due to her peasant origins. She manages to overcome the pain, recovers her dignity and returns to the field.
Flores del Valle
1941
Behind the camera
6.0María tells the tragic love story of María, a beautiful young woman, and her half brother Efraín, a handsome young man from Valle del Cauca. They both fall in love and live their romance on the farm "El Paraíso", in Valle del Cauca, but not everything is rosy, since Efraín must go to Bogotá because of study reasons leaving María with pain in her soul. Some time later, María becomes ill and Emma tells her brother about the situation.
María
1922
8.0The young daughter of a peasant landowner is presented with expectations to Cali society, however, despite her beauty and her education, she is received in a bad way due to her peasant origins. She manages to overcome the pain, recovers her dignity and returns to the field.
Flores del Valle
1941
8.0The young daughter of a peasant landowner is presented with expectations to Cali society, however, despite her beauty and her education, she is received in a bad way due to her peasant origins. She manages to overcome the pain, recovers her dignity and returns to the field.
Flores del Valle
1941
8.0The young daughter of a peasant landowner is presented with expectations to Cali society, however, despite her beauty and her education, she is received in a bad way due to her peasant origins. She manages to overcome the pain, recovers her dignity and returns to the field.
Flores del Valle
1941