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
1982
- Viva México y sus corridos ... (Director)
1979
- Cuando tejen las arañas ... (Director)
1977
- La playa vacía ... (Director)
- Las cenizas del diputado ... (Director)
1976
- The Fungi Man ... (Director)
1974
- La madrastra ... (Director)
1973
- Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo ... (Director)
1972
- Doña Macabra ... (Director)
1970
- The Useless Life of Pito Pérez ... (Director)
- Las figuras de arena ... (Director)
1967
- Rio Blanco ... (Director)
1965
- Los hijos que yo soñé ... (Director)
1964
- The Golden Cockerel ... (Director)
1963
- Autumn Days ... (Director)
1961
- Rosa blanca ... (Director)
1960
- Macario ... (Director)
- El Siete de Copas ... (Director)
1959
- Beyond All Limits ... (Director)
1958
- Ash Wednesday ... (Writer)
- El rayo de Sinaloa: La venganza de Heraclio Bernal ... (Director)
- Here is Heraclius Bernal ... (Director)
- La rebelión de la sierra: El Fin de Heraclio Bernal ... (Director)
- El cine mexicano de fiesta as Self
1956
- The Hidden One ... (Writer)
- Historia de un amor ... (Director)
1955
- The Littlest Outlaw ... (Director)
- Después de la tormenta ... (Director)
- De carne somos ... (Director)
1953
- The Boy and the Fog ... (Writer)
- The Three Perfect Married ... (Director)
- Remember to Live ... (Director)
1952
- Soledad's Shawl ... (Director)
- Night Falls ... (Director)
1951
- Desired ... (Director)
- Mi vida por la tuya ... (Director)
- In the Palm of Your Hand ... (Director)
1950
- Rosauro Castro ... (Director)
- The Love Nest ... (Director)
1948
- A la sombra del puente ... (Director)
- Adventures of Casanova ... (Director)
- Tongolele Has Been Killed ... (Director)
1947
- The Kneeling Goddess ... (Director)
- La vida íntima de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra ... (Director)
1946
- The Other ... (Screenplay)
- El socio ... (Director)
- Rayando el sol ... (Director)
1945
- The Barracks ... (Director)
- Corazones de México ... (Director)
1944
- Naná ... (Writer)
- Caminito alegre ... (Assistant Director)
1942
- El conde de Montecristo ... (Director)
- El baisano Jalil ... (Director)
1941
- Rancho Alegre ... (Assistant Director)
1939
- La bestia negra ... (Assistant Director)
1938
- La tierra del mariachi ... (Assistant Director)
1937
- Ave sin rumbo ... (Assistant Director)
- El derecho y el deber ... (Assistant Director)
1936
- Cielito lindo ... (Co-Director)
1935
- The Dead Speak ... (Assistant Director)
1933
- Prisoner 13 as Prisoner