Nicolás Sarquís (March 6, 1938 – April 19, 2003) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter. His first full-length film was Palo y hueso (1968), filmed in black and white. He died of lung cancer in 2003. Filmography 1965 Después de hora (short) 1968 Palo y hueso 1971 Talampaya (short) 1972 Navidad (short) 1974 La muerte de Sebastián Arache y su pobre entierro 1981 The Underground Man 1984 Zama 1989 Menem, retrato de un hombre (documentary) 1990 El fin de Heginio Gómez (short) 1995 Facundo, la sombra del tigre 1998 Sobre la tierra References External links Argentine film directors 1938 births 2003 deaths Argentine people of Syrian descent Deaths from lung cancer Deaths from cancer in Argentina Place of birth missing