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
- El rey de los taxistas ... (Director)
- Alicia en el pais del dolar ... (Director)
1985
- La Casa Que Arde de Noche ... (Screenplay)
1983
- Mundo mágico ... (Adaptation)
1981
- La leyenda del tambor ... (Writer)
- The Ghost of the Lake ... (Director)
1977
- Balún Canán ... (Director)
1973
- Las tres perfectas casadas ... (Director)
1971
- Los jóvenes amantes ... (Director)
1965
- The Widow ... (Director)
- Love Love Love ... (Director)
1962
- Santo vs. the Zombies ... (Director)
- Frankenstein, the Vampire and Company ... (Director)
- The Time and the Touch ... (Director)
- A ritmo de twist ... (Director)
- The Gunslingers ... (Director)
- Spiritism ... (Director)
- El Tigre Negro ... (Director)
1961
- Amor a balazo limpio ... (Director)
- De hombre a hombre ... (Director)
- The Curse of the Doll People ... (Director)
- Con quien andan nuestros locos ... (Director)
1960
- Tin Tan y las modelos ... (Director)
- La tijera de oro ... (Director)
- The Law of Guns ... (Director)
- Póker de reinas ... (Director)
- El toro negro ... (Director)
- Las hermanas Karambazo ... (Director)
- Rebelde Sin Casa ... (Director)
- Peligros de juventud ... (Director)
- Infierno de almas ... (Director)
1959
- Café Colón ... (Director)
- El vestido de novia ... (Director)
1958
- Where Are Our Children Going? ... (Director)
- Ladrones de niños ... (Director)
1956
- Los amantes ... (Director)
1954
- Roots ... (Director)
1946
- Enamorada ... (Writer)