Juan José Ortega (October 27, 1904 – December 27, 1996) was a Mexican film director, producer and screenwriter. He was active during the
Golden Age of Mexican cinema
The Golden Age of Mexican cinema ( es, Época de Oro del Cine Mexicano) is a period in the history of the Cinema of Mexico between 1930 and 1969 when the Mexican film industry reached high levels of production, quality and economic success of its ...
, and directed over 40 films between 1942 and 1966.
Filmography
director
* Flor de fango (1942)
* Lo que sólo el hombre puede sufrir (1943)
* La razón de la culpa (1943)
* La hija del cielo (1943)
* El rosario (1944)
* ''
El abanico de Lady Windermere
"Lady Windermere's Fan" (Spanish: ''El abanico de Lady Windermere'') is a 1944 Mexican film, directed by Juan José Ortega.
Plot
Lady Windermere discovers that her husband may have a mistress. When confronted, her husband dismisses the accusat ...
'' (1944)
* Toda una vida (1945)
* Sendas del destino (1945)
* La mujer legítima (1945)
* La casa de la zorra (1945)
* Amar es vivir (1946)
* La insaciable (1947)
* El ángel caído (1949)
* ''
Zorina'' (1949)
* Cuando el alba llegue (1950)
* ''
Ritmos del Caribe
''Ritmos del Caribe'' (''Caribbean Rhythms'') is a Mexican musical film directed by Juan José Ortega. It was released in 1950 and starring Amalia Aguilar and Rafael Baledón.
Plot
A Cuban rumbera undergoes an ordeal to fall in love with a Mexica ...
'' (1950)
* Lodo y armiño (1951)
* La mentira (1952)
* Piel canela (1953)
* Yo no creo en los hombres (1954)
* Me gustan todas (1954)
* Frente al pecado de ayer (1955)
* ''
Corazón salvaje'' (1956)
* No me olvides nunca (1956)
* Una lección de amor (1956)
* Tropicana (1957)
* Cuentan de una mujer (1959)
* ''
His First Love
''His First Love'' (Spanish: ''Su primer amor'') is a 1960 Mexican musical comedy film directed by Juan José Ortega and starring Rafael Bertrand, Tere Velázquez and Freddy Fernández.Riera p.18
Cast
* Rafael Bertrand
* Tere Velázquez
* Fredd ...
'' (1960)
* En carne propia (1961)
* Ay Chabela...! (1961)
* La moneda rota (1962)
* 'Monte Escondido' o (Leonardo Moncada) (1962)
* ''
Pueblo de odios'' (1962)
* ''
Horizontes de sangre'' (1962)
* Entre bala y bala (1963)
* Herencia maldita (1963)
* Las bravuconas (1963)
* El río de las ánimas (1964)
* Frente al destino (1964)
* Los murciélagos (1964)
* Preciosa (1965)
* Pacto de sangre (1966)
References
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1904 births
1996 deaths
Mexican film directors
Mexican film producers
20th-century Mexican screenwriters
20th-century Mexican male writers
People from Matehuala
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