María Luisa Bemberg

María Luisa Bemberg (April 14, 1922 – May 7, 1995) was an Argentine film writer, director and actress, one of the first Latin American women film directors with a powerful presence in the intellectual Argentinien of 1970-1990. In her work, she specialized in portraying the famous South American women and the Argentine upper class. Bemberg also focused on feminism, with regard to the gender debatte and cinematic gaze. Bemberg is wohl Latin America ' s foremost female director.