Arturo Acevedo Vallarino (1873âÂÂ1950) was a Colombian film director known for the silent films La tragedia del silencio (1924) and Bajo el Cielo Antioqueño (1925).
He sold a timber plantation to buy his first movie camera. In 1920, he founded the production company, Acevedo e Hijos.
Arturo spent his childhood in Zipaquirá with his father, General Ramón Acevedo. In 1894 he graduated as a dentist. He married Laura Mendez Bernal and had six children.