He was born in Santiago on April 8, 1921. He began his career in the cinema as an actor and assistant director of Jorge Délano's feature film Escándalo. Later, he became the technical director of José Bohr's films until he was hired by Chile Films as Production Manager. In 1965 he was named president of Chile Films, a position he held until 1970. During that period he produced 36 documentaries on the country's economic development and started the news program "Chile en marcha". He dies in 1999.