Career
A native of San Fernando, Pedro Pérez Cordero used the professional nom de plume Pedro Sienna. He began his association with film by directing and starring in El Hombre de acero (1917) and Los Payasos se van (1921).
In 1925, he wrote, directed and starred in the film considered a classic of Chilean silent cinema, El Húsar de la muerte (The Death Hussar).
As a highly-respected author, he wrote Huecas en la Sombra, La Caverna de los Murciélagos, Recuerdos del Soldado Desconocido, Memorias de la Vida del Teatro and the biographical La vida pintoresca de Arturo Bührle.
On 27 December 1966, at the age of 73, Pedro Sienna was awarded the country's national art prize, Premio Nacional de Arte de Chile. He died in Santiago eight weeks short of his 79th birthday.
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