Federico Curiel (19 February 1917 – 17 June 1985) was a Mexican filmmaker, writer and actor during the

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. Curiel was born in

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, he moved to

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as a child and attended the

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Filmography

* ''The Curse of Nostradamus'' (1960) * ''The Blood of Nostradamus'' (1960) * ''Los autómatas de la muerte'' (1962) aka ''Neutron vs the Death Robots'' * ''Cazadores de cabezas'' (1962) aka ''Santo in The Headhunters'' * '' The Mummies of Guanajuato'' (1972)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Curiel, Federico 1917 births 1985 deaths Mexican film directors People from Monterrey