Francisco del Villar (1920 – 1 September 1978) was a Mexican

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

producer Producer or producers may refer to: Occupations *Producer (agriculture), a farm operator *A stakeholder of economic production *Film producer, supervises the making of films **Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...

and

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. He directed 22 films between 1952 and 1975. His film ''

El tejedor de milagros ''El tejedor de milagros'' ("The Weaver of Miracles") is a 1962 Mexican drama film directed by Francisco del Villar. It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Pedro Armendáriz * Columba Domínguez * Begoña Palac ...

'' was entered into the

12th Berlin International Film Festival The 12th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 22 June – 3 July 1962. The Golden Bear was awarded to the British film '' A Kind of Loving'' directed by John Schlesinger. Jury The following people were announced as being on ...

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1962) * '' Los Cuervos están de luto'' (1965) * '' Las Pirañas aman en Cuaresma'' (1969) * '' El Monasterio de los Buitres'' (1973) * '' La Viuda Negra'' (1977 - writer) * '' El lugar sin límites'' (1978 - producer)

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* 1920 births 1978 deaths Mexican film directors Mexican film producers 20th-century Mexican screenwriters 20th-century Mexican male writers {{Mexico-film-director-stub