Ricardo Preve

Ricardo Preve (born October 24, 1957, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine filmmaker, photographer, and activist. Preve began his film career in the early 2000s as an associate producer on some documentaries. Since then, he has worked as a director, producer or scriptwriter in nearly thirty productions for film and television, including The Patagonian Bones (2015) and Coming Home (2019), both of which have won awards and recognition at international festivals. Preve is the owner of the audiovisual production companies Ricardo Preve Films LLC and Esto del Cine SRL. Early life Preve was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1957. After studying in his native country, in Italy and in the United States, he obtained the degrees of Agricultural Engineer and Master in Forestry at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He left Argentina in 1976 by crewing a sailboat from Argentina to South Africa. During the journey, the novice Argentine crew and the inexperienced English speaking boat owner ran out of food off the coast of Africa. They subsisted on cooking grease and vitamin pills until they were towed to safety. The experiences of the young Argentinians were reported in sailing magazines in their home country. After working for twenty years as manager of agroforestry companies, Preve began his career in the film industry in 2001, joining as associate producer in the feature film Adiós, querida Luna, released in 2005 and directed by Fernando Spiner.