# Valentín Pimstein

Valentín Pimstein Weiner (9 August 1925 – 27 June 2017) was a Chilean producer of telenovelas.

## Biography

Pimstein was the seventh child of nine in a Belarusian Jewish family (from Minsk), which owns a glass shop in Barrio Brasil in Santiago. His fondness for the romantic and melodramatic stories born under the eaves of his mother, a frequent consumer of Mexican films and soap operas, and developed in parallel with his interest in theater.
After fulfilling adulthood, Pimstein decided to leave his native country in search of adventure. He came to Mexico, where he became assistant director of a film studio assistant by day and a nightclub. There, he met Emilio Azcárraga Milmo, at that time owner of Telesistema Mexicano.
Pimstein died in Chile on June 27, 2017.

## Selected filmography

Telenovelas :
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1958 | La cama de piedra | Executive producer |
| 1958 | Las tres pelonas | Executive producer |
| 1958 | Gutierritos | Executive producer |
| 1959 | Cuando se quiere se quiere | Executive producer |
| 1961 | Elena | Executive producer |
| 1962 | El profesor Valdez | Executive producer |
| 1962 | Pablo y Elena | Executive producer |
| 1963 | Madres egoístas | Executive producer |
| 1963 | Lo imperdonable | Executive producer |
| 1963 | La mesera | Executive producer |
| 1963 | La culpa de los padres | Executive producer |
| 1963 | El secreto | Executive producer |
| 1964 | Napoleoncito | Executive producer |
| 1964 | Siempre tuya | Executive producer |
| 1964 | Central de emergencia | Executive producer |
| 1965 | Corona de lágrimas | Executive producer |
| 1965 | La sembradora | Executive producer |
| 1966 | Vértigo | Executive producer |
| 1966 | María Isabel | Executive producer |
| 1966 | Gutierritos | Executive producer |
| 1966 | La duquesa | Executive producer |
| 1966 | El ídolo | Executive producer |
| 1966 | El corrido de Lupe Reyes | Executive producer |
| 1966 | Cita en la gloria | Executive producer |
| 1967 | Un ángel en el fango | Executive producer |
| 1967 | Las víctimas | Executive producer |
| 1966 | El ídolo | Executive producer |
| 1967 | El usurpador | Executive producer |
| 1967 | Obsesión | Executive producer |
| 1967 | Incertidumbre | Executive producer |
| 1967 | El cuarto mandamiento | Executive producer |
| 1967 | Anita de Montemar | Executive producer |
| 1967 | Angustia del pasado | Executive producer |
| 1968 | Rubí | Executive producer |
| 1968 | Mariana | Executive producer |
| 1968 | Fallaste corazón | Executive producer |
| 1968 | Cruz de amor | Executive producer |
| 1968 | Chucho el roto | Executive producer |
| 1968 | Aurelia | Executive producer |
| 1968 | Una plegaria en el camino | Executive producer |
| 1969 | Rosario | Executive producer |
| 1969 | La familia | Executive producer |
| 1970 | Yesenia | Executive producer |
| 1970 | La Gata | Executive producer |
| 1970 | Encrucijada | Executive producer |
| 1970 | El mariachi | Executive producer |
| 1970 | Angelitos negros | Executive producer |
| 1971 | La recogida | Executive producer |
| 1971 | El amor tiene cara de mujer | Executive producer |
| 1972 | Aquí está Felipe Reyes | Executive producer |
| 1973 | Mi rival | Executive producer |
| 1973 | Los que ayudan a Dios | Executive producer |
| 1973 | El honorable Señor Valdez | Executive producer |
| 1973 | Amaras a tu prójimo | Executive producer |
| 1974 | Siempre habrá un mañana | Executive producer |
| 1974 | Mundo de juguete | Executive producer |
| 1974 | Ha llegado una intrusa | Executive producer |
| 1975 | Pobre Clara | Executive producer |
| 1975 | Barata de primavera | Executive producer |
| 1976 | Mi hermana la nena | Executive producer |
| 1977 | Rina | Executive producer |
| 1977 | La venganza | Executive producer |
| 1977 | Humillados y ofendidos | Executive producer |
| 1977 | Viviana | Executive producer |
| 1978 | Muñeca rota | Executive producer |
| 1978 | Mamá campanita | Executive producer |
| 1978 | Ladronzuela | Executive producer |
| 1978 | Gotita de gente | Executive producer |
| 1978 | Doménica Montero | Executive producer |
| 1979 | Los ricos también lloran | Executive producer |
| 1979 | Verónica | Executive producer |
| 1979 | Lágrimas negras | Executive producer |
| 1979 | J.J. Juez | Executive producer |
| 1979 | J.J. Juez | Executive producer |
| 1979 | El cielo es para todos | Executive producer |
| 1980 | Colorina | Executive producer |
| 1980 | Sandra y Paulina | Executive producer |
| 1980 | Pelusita | Executive producer |
| 1980 | Ambición | Executive producer |
| 1981 | Soledad | Executive producer |
| 1981 | El hogar que yo robé | Executive producer |
| 1982 | Vanessa | Executive producer |
| 1982 | Déjame vivir | Executive producer |
| 1983 | Nataly | Executive producer |
| 1983 | Chispita | Executive producer |
| 1983 | Amalia Batista | Executive producer |
| 1984 | Principessa | Executive producer |
| 1984 | Los años felices | Executive producer |
| 1984 | Guadalupe | Executive producer |
| 1985 | Vivir un poco | Executive producer |
| 1985 | Los años pasan | Executive producer |
| 1985 | Bianca Vidal | Executive producer |
| 1986 | Monte Calvario | Executive producer |
| 1987 | Rosa salvaje | Executive producer |
| 1989 | Simplemente María | Executive producer |
| 1989 | Carrusel | Executive producer |
| 1991 | La pícara soñadora | Executive producer |
| 1992 | Carrusel de las Américas | Executive producer |
| 1992 | María Mercedes | Executive producer |
| 1994 | Marimar | Executive producer |
| 1995 | María la del Barrio | Executive producer |

### Film

* Napoleoncito (1964)
* Bala perdida (1960)
* Vivir del cuento (1960)
* Las tres pelonas (1958)
* The Living Idol (1957)