Fernando Ayala
Fernando Ayala (2 July 1920 – 11 September 1997) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer of the classic era.
He is widely considered one of the most important Argentine film directors and producers in the history of the cinema of Argentina.
Demicheli initially began as a trainee assistant director in 1942, in "El Viaje", and within two years he had become an assistant director.
By 1949 he had obtained his first job as director, and from 1958 he also served as producer for the films he directed and some others.
Between 1950 and 1987 he was involved in the direction and production of well over 40 films, such as "Ayer fue primavera" in 1955 and "Argentinísima" and "Argentinísima II" in 1972 and 1973 respectively.
In 1963 he was a member of the jury at the 13th Berlin International Film Festival.
His 1983 film "The Deal" was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Diploma.
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
After Midnight with Boston Blackie is a 1943 crime film directed by Lew Landers.
It is the fifth of a series of 14 Columbia Pictures movies starring Chester Morris as Boston Blackie.
When a recently paroled friend of Boston Blackie is killed, he finds himself once again the prime suspect of Police Inspector Farraday.
Alias Boston Blackie
Alias Boston Blackie( 1942) is the third in a series of Columbia Pictures" B" movies starring Chester Morris as Boston Blackie.
It was preceded by" Meet Boston BlackieConfessions of Boston Blackie" and followed by" Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood".
Once again, Blackie is suspected of committing a crime, in this instance of helping a prisoner escape.
Los tallos amargos
Los tallos amargos( The Bitter Stems) is a 1956 Argentine film noir directed by Fernando Ayala.
The screenplay, written by Sergio Leonardo, was based on a novel by journalist Adolfo Jasca.
The film stars Carlos Cores as a journalist with an inferiority complex who partners with a Hungarian immigrant, played by Vassili Lambrinos, in a fraudulent get- rich- quick scheme that leads to crime and tragedy.
Aída Luz, Julia Sandoval, and Pablo Moret also play major characters.
The film's cinematographer, Ricardo Younis, studied under Gregg Toland, who shot Citizen Kane.
American Cinematographer magazine named" Los tallos amargos" one of the “ 50 Best Photographed Films of All- Time ”.
Of note is a surreal dream sequence that merges noir photography with elements of German expressionism.
The film was scored by Astor Piazzolla.
" Los tallos amargos" won Silver Condor awards for Best Picture and Best Director in 1957 but was considered lost until it turned up in a private collection in 2014.
A 35 mm version was subsequently restored by the UCLA Film& Television Archive, with funding provided by the Film Noir Foundation and Hollywood Foreign Press Association ’s Charitable Trust, and premiered in February 2016 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
When the film played at the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood later that year, the presenter noted that while the 35 mm negative was rediscovered, the soundtrack remained lost, so the restoration used the track from the director's 16 mm print.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Harry O. Hoyt
Harry O. Hoyt( August 6, 1885 – July 29, 1961) was an American screenwriter and film director whose film career began in 1912, during the silent era.
He graduated with a degree in literature from Yale University in 1910.
His 1925 film" The Lost World", based on the book by Arthur Conan Doyle, is notable as a pioneering effort in the use of stop- motion animation.
His brother, actor Arthur Hoyt, also appeared in" The Lost World".
In November 1912, he married the former Florence Stark in Norwich, Connecticut.
Together they had a son, Devereux Gerrard Hoyt, and daughter Daryl Hoyt.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Confessions of Boston Blackie
Confessions of Boston Blackie is a 1941 American crime film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Chester Morris and Harriet Hilliard.
A woman consigns a family heirloom to a pair of unscrupulous art dealers in order to raise money to help her sick brother.
This film is the second in the series of 14 Columbia Pictures Boston Blackie films, all starring Morris as the reformed crook.
It was preceded by" Meet Boston Blackie"( 1941) and followed by" Alias Boston Blackie"( 1942).
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
The Return of Boston Blackie
The Return of Boston Blackie is a 1927 low- budget, silent, drama genre film starring Bob Custer.
Based upon a character created by Jack Boyle for short stories appearing in" The AmericanCosmopolitan" and" Redbook" magazines in the 1900s.
It was directed by Harry O. Hoyt and written by Leah Baird.
The character also appeared in another silent film in 1918," Boston Blackie's Little Pal", played by five different actors including Lionel Barrymore.

Question: Are director of film Los Tallos Amargos and director of film The Return Of Boston Blackie from the same country?
Answer: no