María Romero

María Romero Cordero (2 April 1909 – 14 August 1989 ) was a Chilean journalist and film critic. She is considered to be one of the pioneers of film and entertainment journalism in her country and Latin America. She was a recipient of the Lenka Franulic Award.

Biography María Romero Cordero was the sister of writer and the aunt of journalist Graciela Romero.

Professional career On her return to Chile in the late 1930s, she was hired as secretary to the writer , then as director of the magazine , where she began to participate in interviews and columns on film.

Between 1961 and 1963 she lived in the United States, and on her return she worked for a long time as a film commentator for the newspaper El Mercurio. She later appeared on Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN),