Juan José Jusid (born September 28, 1941) is an Argentine film director and screenwriter. Jusid was born in Buenos Aires . He started his professional career as an actor , puppeteer and stage photographer in the 1960s then switched to film studies at the Association of Short Film Directors. He turned director and screenwriter in 1968 and has directed acclaimed films such as Bajo Bandera (1997), Un Argentino en New York (1998) and Apasionados (2002). His films starring actor Miguel Ángel Solá have won a number of Silver Condor awards such as Murder in the Senate of the Nation (1984) and Bajo Bandera (1997).