David Blaustein (filmmaker)

David Blaustein, known as Coco Blaustein (August 24, 1953 – August 16, 2021) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter, known for his involvement in politically themed cinema. He was a member of the Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences.

Blaustein was born in Buenos Aires on 24 August 1953 in a Jewish family.

Death

He died on August 16, 2021, at age 67, in a Buenos Aires clinic, five days after suffering a stroke.

Filmography

Producer

• Porotos de soja (2009)
• Hacer patria (2006)
• La vereda de la sombra (2005)
• Germán (mediometraje) (2005)
• Cuando los santos vienen marchando (2004)
• Papá Iván (2004)
• (H) Historias cotidianas (2001)
• Botín de guerra (2000)
• Malvinas, historia de traiciones (1984)

Director

• Porotos de soja (2009)
• Fragmentos rebelados (2009)
• Hacer patria (2006)
• Botín de guerra (2000)
• Cazadores de utopías (1996)

Screenwriter

• Germán (medium-length film) (2005)
• Botín de guerra (2000)
• Ciudad oculta (short documentary) (1980)

Actor

• 24 horas (Algo está por explotar) (1997)

General consulting

• Rerum Novarum (2001)

Bibliography

References

External links

• David Blaustein profile at Cine Nacional (in Spanish)