Carlos Hugo Christensen

December 14, 1914 – November 30, 1999

Santiago del Estero, Argentina

Carlos Hugo Christensen was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer. He directed 54 films between 1946 and his retirement. He lived in Venezuela, Mexico and Chile, until in the mid 1950s he relocated to Brazil where he established his own film studio, Carlos Hugo Christensen Produções Cinematográficas. Christensen retired from film in 1996 and died three years later of a heart attack in Brazil.