Carlos F. Borcosque

Screenwriter, Film director

1894 – 1965

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Who was Carlos F. Borcosque?

Carlos Francisco Borcosque Sánchez was a Chilean film director and screenwriter involved in the production of the Cinema of Argentina.

He established Estudios Cinematográficos Borcosque in Santiago in 1922 and directed several Chilean silent movies before he moved to Hollywood in 1926 where he worked as a consultant on Latin-based movies, and had a spell working for Paramount Pictures. Between 1922 and his death in 1965 Borcosque was responsible for directing and screenwriting mostly simultaneously some 45 different feature films including the 1951 film El alma de los niños.

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Born
Sep 9, 1894
Valparaíso
Also known as
  • Carlos Francisco Borcosque
  • Carlos Borcosque
  • Carlos Francisco Borcosque Sánchez
Children
Nationality
  • Chile
Profession
Lived in
  • Valparaíso
Died
Sep 5, 1965
Buenos Aires

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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