Roberto Gavaldón
Born: 1909-06-07 in Jimenez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Died: 1986-09-04
Known For: Directing
Biography
Roberto Gavaldón was a Mexican film director. Eight of Gavaldón's films were featured on the list 100 Best Movies of the Cinema of Mexico. His 1958 film Ash Wednesday was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival and his 1959 film Beyond All Limits was entered into the following years festival. His 1960 film Macario was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not win.
Filmography
1979
- Cuando tejen las arañas ... (Director)
1977
- Las cenizas del diputado ... (Director)
- La playa vacía ... (Director)
1976
- The Fungi Man ... (Director)
1974
- La madrastra ... (Director)
1973
- Don Quixote Rides Again ... (Director)
1972
- Doña Macabra ... (Director)
1970
- The Useless Life of Pito Pérez ... (Director)
- Las figuras de arena ... (Director)
1965
- Los hijos que yo soñé ... (Director)
1964
- The Golden Cockerel ... (Director)
1963
- Autumn Days ... (Director)
1961
- The White Rose ... (Director)
1960
- Macario ... (Director)
- El 7 de Copas ... (Director)
1959
- Beyond All Limits ... (Director)
1958
- Here is Heraclius Bernal ... (Director)
- El cine mexicano de fiesta as Self
- El rayo de Sinaloa: La venganza de Heraclio Bernal ... (Director)
- La rebelión de la sierra: El Fin de Heraclio Bernal ... (Director)
- Ash Wednesday ... (Writer)
1956
- Historia de un amor ... (Director)
- The Hidden One ... (Writer)
1955
- Después de la tormenta ... (Director)
- The Littlest Outlaw ... (Director)
- De carne somos ... (Director)
1953
- The Three Perfect Wives ... (Director)
- The Boy and the Fog ... (Writer)
- Remember to Live ... (Director)
1952
- Soledad's Shawl ... (Director)
- Night Falls ... (Director)
1951
- In the Palm of Your Hand ... (Director)
- My Life for Yours ... (Director)
- Desired ... (Director)
1950
- Rosauro Castro ... (Director)
- The Love Nest ... (Director)
1948
- Tongolele Has Been Killed ... (Director)
- Adventures of Casanova ... (Director)
- In the Shadow of the Bridge ... (Director)
1947
- The Kneeling Goddess ... (Director)
- La vida íntima de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra ... (Director)
1946
- The Other ... (Director)
- Rayando el sol ... (Director)
- El socio ... (Director)
1945
- The Barracks ... (Director)
- Corazones de México ... (Director)
1944
- Naná ... (Co-Director)
- El niño de las monjas ... (Assistant Director)
- Caminito alegre ... (Assistant Director)
1943
- Divorciadas ... (Assistant Director)
- Tormenta en la cumbre ... (Co-Director)
1942
- Las cinco noches de Adán ... (Assistant Director)
- El conde de Montecristo ... (Assistant Director)
- ¿Quién te quiere a ti? ... (Assistant Director)
- El baisano Jalil ... (Co-Director)
1941
- Rancho Alegre ... (Assistant Director)
1939
- Café Concordia ... (Assistant Director)
- Su adorable majadero ... (Adaptation)
- La bestia negra ... (Assistant Director)
1938
- La tierra del mariachi ... (Assistant Director)
1937
- El derecho y el deber ... (Assistant Director)
- Ave sin rumbo ... (Assistant Director)
1936
- Marihuana (El monstruo verde) ... (Assistant Director)
- Celos ... (Assistant Director)
- Beautiful Sky ... (Co-Director)
1935
- The Dead Speak ... (Assistant Director)
1934
1933
- Prisoner 13 as Prisoner