Luis Alcoriza
Born: 1918-09-05 in Badajoz, Spain
Died: 1992-12-03
Known For: Writing
Biography
Luis Alcoriza de la Vega (5 September 1918 – 3 December 1992) was a respected Mexican screenwriter, film director, and actor. Alcoriza was born in Spain and established himself in Mexico from 1940. His 1962 film Tlayucan was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His 1987 film Lo que Importa es Vivir was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.
Filmography
2017
- The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel ... (Original Story)
1997
- A Mexican Buñuel as Self
1996
- Pesadilla para un rico ... (Story)
1995
- Long Life Together ... (Writer)
1990
- La sombra del ciprés es alargada ... (Director)
1988
- All Souls' Day ... (Writer)
1987
- Living Is What Matters ... (Director)
1985
- Terror and Black Lace ... (Screenplay)
1983
- Love Is a Strange Game ... (Writer)
1982
- Han violado a una mujer (Tac-tac) ... (Director)
1981
- National Calvary ... (Director)
1980
- Buscando un campeon ... (Writer)
- At a Lame Pace ... (Director)
1979
- Three Women in a Bonfire ... (Story)
- En la trampa ... (Writer)
1975
- Omen ... (Director)
- The Living Forces ... (Writer)
- The Other Virginity ... (Writer)
1974
- Faith, Hope and Charity ... (Director)
- The Wall of Silence ... (Screenplay)
1972
- National Mechanics ... (Director)
1971
- Departamento De Soltero ... (Story)
- La chamuscada (Tierra y libertad) ... (Writer)
1970
- Paradise ... (Writer)
- Pancho Tequila ... (Writer)
- The World's Oldest Profession ... (Director)
1969
- The Door and The Butcher's Wife ... (Director)
- The Door ... (Director)
1968
- Romeo contra Julieta ... (Story)
1967
- Dangerous Game ... (Director)
- Divertimento ... (Director)
1965
- The Gangster ... (Director)
- Tarahumara (Further and farther) ... (Director)
1964
- Love & Sex (Sappho 1963) ... (Director)
1963
- Shark Hunters ... (Director)
1962
- Tlayucan ... (Director)
- The Exterminating Angel ... (Story)
1961
- Suicídate mi amor ... (Writer)
- Guantes de oro ... (Story)
- Los Jóvenes ... (Director)
1960
- Our Daily Hunger ... (Writer)
- The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales ... (Writer)
- La tijera de oro ... (Adaptation)
1959
- Fever Mounts at El Pao ... (Writer)
- El cariñoso ... (Screenplay)
1958
- School for Buglars ... (Writer)
- A Media Luz Los Tres ... (Screenplay)
1957
- Morir de pie ... (Writer)
1956
- The Innocent ... (Story)
- The King of México ... (Adaptation)
- Death in the Garden ... (Screenplay)
1955
- La vida no vale nada ... (Screenplay)
1954
- Untouched ... (Writer)
- Illusion Travels by Streetcar ... (Writer)
- Robinson Crusoe ... (Screenplay)
- The River and Death ... (Writer)
1953
- Él ... (Adaptation)
- The Brute ... (Writer)
- Gitana tenías que ser ... (Story)
1952
- Meat in Prison ... (Writer)
- La miel se fue de la luna ... (Writer)
1951
- El Siete Machos ... (Story)
- Daughter of Deceit ... (Adaptation)
- Una gringuita en México ... (Screenplay)
- Los enredos de una gallega ... (Screenplay)
- Engagement ring ... (Screenplay)
- Si usted no puede, yo sí ... (Writer)
- Canasta Uruguaya ... (Writer)
1950
- The Young and the Damned ... (Screenplay)
- Huellas del pasado ... (Story)
- The League of Girls ... (Story)
- Si me viera don Porfirio ... (Adaptation)
- Yo quiero ser hombre ... (Writer)
- Tú, solo tú
1949
- The Great Madcap as Alfredo
1948
- Nocturno de amor ... (Screenplay)
- La casa de la Troya as Octavio Maragota
- Reina de reinas: La Virgen María
- Flor de caña
- Enrédate y verás ... (Writer)
1947
- Una extraña mujer ... (Writer)
1946
- Esperanza ... (Writer)
- María Magdalena, pecadora de Magdala as Jesús Nazareno
- El ahijado de la muerte ... (Screenplay)