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
- 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)
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 Siete de Copas ... (Director)
1959
- Beyond All Limits ... (Director)
1958
- Ash Wednesday ... (Writer)
- Here is Heraclius Bernal ... (Director)
- El rayo de Sinaloa: La venganza de Heraclio 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
- Night Falls ... (Director)
- Soledad's Shawl ... (Director)
1951
- In the Palm of Your Hand ... (Director)
- Desired ... (Director)
- My Life for Yours ... (Director)
1950
- Rosauro Castro ... (Director)
- The Love Nest ... (Director)
1948
- Adventures of Casanova ... (Director)
- In the Shadow of the Bridge ... (Director)
- Tongolele Has Been Killed ... (Director)
1947
- The Kneeling Goddess ... (Director)
- La vida íntima de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra ... (Director)
1946
- The Other ... (Screenplay)
- Rayando el sol ... (Director)
- El socio ... (Director)
1945
- The Barracks ... (Director)
- Corazones de México ... (Director)
1944
- Naná ... (Writer)
- Caminito alegre ... (Assistant Director)
- El niño de las monjas ... (Assistant Director)
1943
- Divorciadas ... (Assistant Director)
- Tormenta en la cumbre ... (Co-Director)
1942
- El conde de Montecristo ... (Assistant Director)
- Las cinco noches de Adán ... (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
- Ave sin rumbo ... (Assistant Director)
- El derecho y el deber ... (Assistant Director)
1936
- Marihuana (El monstruo verde) ... (Assistant Director)
- Celos ... (Assistant Director)
- Cielito lindo ... (Co-Director)
1935
- The Dead Speak ... (Assistant Director)
1934
1933
- Prisoner 13 as Prisoner