Hugo Mac Dougall


Hugo Mac Dougall, born Hugo Mascías was an Argentine writer, screenwriter, and journalist. At the 1943 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, Mac Dougall won the Silver Condor Award for Best Original Screenplay for his work Malambo.
He won it again the following year for his script co-written with Rodolfo González Pacheco and Eliseo Montaine for Three Men of the River.

Biography

His maternal grandfather was Hugh Mac Dougall, a Scottish man who emigrated to Argentina. He settled in the province of Entre Ríos, where he owned several estancias. One of his daughters was Margarita Mac Dougall. She married José María Mascías, a Catalan immigrant born in Reus, Tarragona on April 17, 1864 and from this marriage was born Hugo Mascías Mac Dougall.

Filmography

Interpol llamando a Río Favela Caballito criollo El tambor de Tacuarí Juan Moreira Viaje sin regreso Lauracha from the novel of the same name by Otto Miguel CioneThe Three Musketeers Villa Rica del Espíritu Santo El fin de la noche Tres hombres del río Malambo Ceniza al viento The Gaucho Priest Confesión Huella Nobleza gaucha