Emilio Fernández

Born: 1903-03-26 in Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico

Died: 1986-08-06

Known For: Directing

Biography

Emilio "El Indio" Fernández (born Emilio Fernández Romo, March 26, 1904 – August 6, 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best known for his work as director of the film Maria Candelaria, which won the Palme d'Or award at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. As an actor, he worked in numerous film productions of Mexico and also in Hollywood.

Filmography

2013

Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Island Feast as Founder of Restaurante Sa Foradada

1979

México Norte ... (Director)
Erótica as Hernández

1976

Red Zone

1975

Breakout as J.V.
Political Asylum as General Salino

1974

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia as El Jefe
La Choca ... (Writer)

1973

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Paco

1972

Kung Fu as Carlos
Nest of Virgins as Anacleto Morones

1971

Columbo as Miguel
The Enemy Blood as Juan
La Chamuscada - Tierra Y Libertad as Margarito Herrero

1970

The Phantom Gunslinger as Sheriff

1969

1968

The Smugglers as Cesare Brunelli
El caudillo

1967

The War Wagon as Calita
A Covenant with Death as Ignacio
El Silencioso as Emilio Segura
Un dorado de Pancho Villa as Aurelio Pérez
Hard Breed to Kill as Ringo

1966

Return of the Seven as Francisco Lorca
The Appaloosa as Lazaro
La recta final as Don Lucio
Duelo de pistoleros
Los malvados

1965

1964

The Night of the Iguana as Barkeeper (uncredited)
El revólver sangriento as Félix Gómez
Yo El Valiente

1963

Paloma herida as Danilo Zata
La Bandida as Epigmenio Gomez

1962

Little Town as Coronel

1961

My Son, the Hero as Pascual Velasco

1960

The Magnificent Seven ... (Assistant Director)
El impostor ... (Director)

1959

La Cucaracha as Coronel Antonio Zeta

1958

Una cita de amor ... (Director)

1955

La Tierra del Fuego se apaga ... (Director)
The Two of Us ... (Director)

1954

Rebellion of the Hanged ... (Director)
The Abduction ... (Director)
La rosa blanca ... (Director)

1953

Reportaje ... (Director)
The Net ... (Director)

1952

Acapulco ... (Director)
The Sea and You ... (Director)
When the Fog Lifts ... (Director)
Siempre tuya ... (Director)

1951

Victims of Sin ... (Director)
La bienamada ... (Director)
Las Islas Marias ... (Director)

1950

The Torch ... (Screenplay)
One Day of Life ... (Writer)
Duelo en las montañas ... (Director)

1949

The Unloved Woman ... (Screenplay)
Pueblerina ... (Director)
Salon Mexico ... (Director)

1948

Maclovia ... (Director)
Hidden River ... (Director)

1947

The Fugitive ... (Associate Producer)
The Pearl ... (Director)

1946

Enamorada ... (Director)
Pepita Jiménez ... (Director)

1945

Bugambilia ... (Director)
The Abandoned ... (Director)

1944

Maria Candelaria ... (Director)

1943

Wild Flower as Rogelio Torres
El fanfarrón: ¡Aquí llegó el valentón! as Aguilucho

1942

Passion Island
I'm a Real Mexican ... (Director)

1941

Rancho Alegre
El Zorro de Jalisco as Ernesto

1940

The Underdogs as Pancracio
El charro Negro as Emilio Gómez

1939

Con Los Dorados De Villa

1938

Juan sin miedo

1937

1936

Marihuana (El monstruo verde) as El indio
Allá en el Rancho Grande as Bailarín
Celos as Sebastián

1935

Janitzio as Zirahuén
The Dead Speak ... (Adaptation)

1934

Cruz Diablo as Toparca, bandolero
La buenaventura as Boris

1933

Flying Down to Rio as Dancer (uncredited)

1932

The Western Code as Indian Joe

1931

The Sunrise Trail as Pancho

1930

The Land of Missing Men as Lopez