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Hugo Geronimo Fregonese (8 April 1908 – 11 January 1987) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter who worked both in Hollywood and his home country. He made his directorial debut in 1943. In 1949, he directed Apenas un delincuente.
Hugo Fregonese was born on 8 April 1908 in Mendoza, Argentina. He was a director and writer, known for Hardly a Criminal (1949), My Six Convicts (1952) and Savage Pampas (1965). He was married to Faith Domergue. He died on 17 January 1987 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
From September 1st through the 14th, The Museum of Modern Art in New York will be holding a retrospective dedicated to the work of Argentine director Hugo Fregonese. If you’ve never heard that name before, it’s because he wasn’t the sort of director to whom Hollywood gave enough oxygen.
Aug 31, 2022 · On the occasion of the MoMA film series Hugo Fregonese: Man on the Run (screening September 1–14, 2022), we’re reprinting an article by series curator Dave Kehr that originally appeared in the November-December 2012 issue of Film Comment.
Jul 13, 2022 · This year, the title of the great rediscovered auteur goes to Hugo Fregonese, an Argentina-born director who only made films in Hollywood for a few years amidst a 30-year career.
Sep 1, 2022 · Sep 1–14, 2022. Perhaps history’s most restless filmmaker, Hugo Fregonese directed his first films in his native Argentina in the 1940s and then embarked on a globe-trotting career that took him to Hollywood, London, Paris, Rome, Munich, and eventually back to South America, all the while exploring themes of claustrophobia, entrapment, and ...
Hugo Fregonese was born on April 8, 1908 in Mendoza, Argentina. He was a director and writer, known for Hardly a Criminal (1949), My Six Convicts (1952) and Savage Pampas (1965). He was married to Faith Domergue. He died on January 17, 1987 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
