Benito Alazraki
Born: 1921-10-27 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico
Died: 2007-06-07
Known For: Directing
Biography
Benito Alazraki (27 October 1921 – 6 June 2007) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter whose career spanned commercial features, documentary work, and genre cinema. He founded Panamerican Films, produced and co-wrote the script for Enamorada (directed by Emilio Fernández), and made a cycle of indigenist documentaries for Teleproducciones led by producer Manuel Barbachano Ponce. His feature debut, Raíces—an episodic adaptation of El diosero by Francisco Rojas González—received the International Critics’ Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and later a special honor from the Ariel Awards. He then moved into commercial filmmaking with titles such as Los amantes and later directed popular genre films including Santo Contra los Zombis and Espiritismo, the latter adapted from The Monkey's Paw. He also produced, wrote, and directed extensive television work in Spain, and on returning to Mexico held senior posts at Canal 13 and CONACINE.
Filmography
1995
- Hasta que los cuernos nos separen ... (Director)
1993
- Yo hice a Roque III ... (Director)
1989
- Arriba el telón ... (Director)
1988
- Alicia en el pais del dolar ... (Director)
- El rey de los taxistas ... (Director)
1987
- La Casa Que Arde de Noche ... (Screenplay)
1983
- Mundo mágico ... (Adaptation)
1981
- The Ghost of the Lake ... (Director)
- La leyenda del tambor ... (Writer)
1977
- Balún Canán ... (Director)
1973
- Las tres perfectas casadas ... (Director)
1971
- Los jóvenes amantes ... (Director)
1965
- Love Love Love ... (Director)
- The Widow ... (Director)
1962
- Santo vs. the Zombies ... (Director)
- The Time and the Touch ... (Director)
- Spiritism ... (Director)
- The Gunslingers ... (Director)
- El Tigre Negro ... (Director)
- Frankenstein, the Vampire and Company ... (Director)
- A ritmo de twist ... (Director)
1961
- Amor a balazo limpio ... (Director)
- The Curse of the Doll People ... (Director)
- De hombre a hombre ... (Director)
- Con quien andan nuestros locos ... (Director)
1960
- Tin Tan y las modelos ... (Director)
- La tijera de oro ... (Director)
- El toro negro ... (Director)
- Póker de reinas ... (Director)
- Rebelde Sin Casa ... (Director)
- Las hermanas Karambazo ... (Director)
- The Law of Guns ... (Director)
- Infierno de almas ... (Director)
- Peligros de juventud ... (Director)
1959
- Café Colón ... (Director)
- El vestido de novia ... (Director)
1958
- Ladrones de niños ... (Director)
- Where Are Our Children Going? ... (Director)
1956
- Los amantes ... (Director)
1954
- Roots ... (Director)
1946
- Enamorada ... (Writer)