Diego Rafecas
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Died | 18 April 2017 | (aged 46)
Occupation(s) | Actor and director |
Years active | 2001–2017 |
Diego Rafecas (Buenos Aires, 3 May 1970 – 18 April 2017) was an Argentine actor and director.[1] known for Un Buda, a film that he directed and acted in.[2]
Early life
[edit]Diego Rafecas was born on May 3, 1970, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He started studying acting with Cristina Banegas, a well-known Argentine actress, when he was 17. Two years later he debuted as an actor in a play One Aspect directed by Banegas and written by Griselda Gambaro.
Later he obtained a BA in Philosophy from the University of Buenos Aires. At the same time he also began to study the Zen practice with Stephane Kosen Thibaut, a Dharma heir of Japanese Master Deshimaru.
Career
[edit]During his college years he made his first short film, The Good Life and kidnapping in digital format, co-directed with Paul Flehner and began studying film directing with Eduardo Milewics. Under his guidance, he wrote and directed Living in New York, a short film that won major awards at festivals around the country.
He died on 18 April 2017, aged 46, from an illness that had kept him hospitalised.[3]
Filmography
[edit]Director
- El secuestro (2001) (Short)
- La buena vida (2002)
- Vivir en Nueva York (2005)
- A Buddha (2005)
- Rodney (2008)
- Paco (2009)
- Cruzadas (2011)
- Ley Primera (2017)
Actor
- La buena vida (2002) (cortometraje)
- Se me rompió el pantalón (2003) (cortometraje)
- Vivir en Nueva York (2005)
- A Buddha (2005)
- Cartas (2006)
- Rodney (2008)
- Paco (2009)
- Cruzadas (2011)
- Ley Primera (2017)
References
[edit]- ^ "Diego Rafecas". IMDB. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ "Un Buda". Buddhist Film Foundation. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "Muere el cineasta argentino Diego Rafecas a los 46 años". El Universal (in Spanish).
External links
[edit]- Diego Rafecas at IMDb
- Diego Rafecas at cinenacional.com(in Spanish)