Rafael Filippelli (24 November 1938 – 22 March 2023) was an Argentine film director, producer and screenwriter.

Born in Buenos Aires, Filippelli started working as assistant director in the mid-1950s, and in 1961 he directed his first short film, Porque hoy es sábado.

[1] In the 1990s, he directed a film trilogy dedicated to the city of Buenos Aires which mixed documentary and fiction.

[1] In 2007, he was awarded best director at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema for Música nocturna.

[1] Filippelli was also a film critic and theorist, and served as professor of screenwriting at the Universidad del Cine from its foundation until his death.