Miguel Castro Grimberg, engineer and filmmaker, was born in Santiago de Chile on
October 7, 1928. Within the framework of one of the University Film contests, he generated
one of his first short films, one of the best known, titled Avenida 18 de julio
(1951). His filmography is made up of the following titles: Holiday (1951), Brief
history (1952), It was once... (1953), Cariri (1953), Images (1955), Notes for a
final (1955), The yellow stripe (1962)17. He made a film for Cine Universitario, the
which they would later title as Ay, Uruguay. The tape was confiscated during the
dictatorship and today, although remains of the film were recovered, the film has not been found
original18. Miguel Castro was forced to return to Chile during the Uruguayan dictatorship
1973. He returned four years after the end of the de facto government and died shortly
some time later, on December 27, 1989, in Montevideo.
