Miguel Morayta (15 August 1907 – 19 June 2013) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 74 films between 1944 and 1978. At the outbreak of the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, link ...

, Morayta was a Spanish artillery officer, who joined the

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side. After

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's victory, he left Spain for

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and

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, finally arriving in

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in 1941, where he started his career. He was living in Mexico when he died aged 105.Spanish-Born Filmmaker Miguel Morayta Dies in Mexico at 105
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Selected filmography

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Amor perdido ''Amor perdido'' (''Lost Love'') is a 1951 Mexican drama film directed by Miguel Morayta and starring Amalia Aguilar and Víctor Junco. The plot is inspired by the famous bolero of the same name by Pedro Flores (composer), Pedro Flores. Plot A you ...

'' (1951) * '' Road of Hell'' (1951) * ''

The Martyr of Calvary ''The Martyr of Calvary'' ( es, El Mártir del Calvario) is a 1952 Mexican drama film directed by Miguel Morayta about the life of Christ. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Enrique Rambal - Jesús (as Enrique Rambal Jr.) ...

'' (1952) * '' Pain'' (1953) * '' Amor se dice cantando'' (1959) * ''

The Bloody Vampire ''The Bloody Vampire'' ( es, El vampiro sangriento) is a 1962 Mexican horror film directed by Miguel Morayta and starring Begoña Palacios, Erna Martha Bauman, and Carlos Agostí. It is part of a duology of vampire films directed by Morayta, fo ...

'' (1962) * ''La invasión de los vampiros'' (1963) * ''Doctor Satán'' (1966) * ''

The Partisan of Villa ''The Partisan of Villa'' (Spanish:''La guerrillera de Villa'') is a 1967 Spanish-Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel Morayta and starring Carmen Sevilla, Julio Alemán Julio Méndez Alemán (November 29, 1933 – April 11, 2012) was a ...

'' (1967) * ''

La Bataille de San Sebastian ''Guns for San Sebastian'' () is a 1968 action- adventure film based on the 1962 novel ''A Wall for San Sebastian'', written by Rev. Fr. William Barnaby "Barby" Faherty, S.J. The film is directed by Frenchman Henri Verneuil, it stars Anthony ...

'' (1968)

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* 1907 births 2013 deaths People from the Province of Ciudad Real Spanish film directors Film directors from Castilla–La Mancha Spanish screenwriters Spanish male writers Male screenwriters Spanish army officers Spanish military personnel of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction) Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in France Spanish centenarians Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in Mexico Men centenarians {{Spain-film-director-stub