Arturo Acevedo Vallarino
Arturo Acevedo Vallarino was a Colombian film director known for the silent films La tragedia del silencio and Bajo el Cielo Antioqueño. In order to buy his first movie camera, he sold a timber plantation. In 1920, he founded production company Acevedo e Hijos.
Arturo spent his childhood in Zipaquirá with his father, General Ramón Acevedo. He married Laura Mendez Bernal and had six children.
