Paz Alicia Garciadiego (Born September, 1949 México D.F.) is a Mexican screenwriter and scholar, known for '' The Beginning and the End (Principio y fin)'' (1993), '' Deep Crimson (Profundo carmesí)'') (1996), and ''

Bleak Street ''Bleak Street'' ( es, La calle de la amargura) is a 2015 Mexican-Spanish crime drama film directed by Arturo Ripstein. It was shown in the Masters section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Cast * Alberto Estrella * Silvia Pasqu ...

'' (2015). She and her husband

Arturo Ripstein Arturo Ripstein y Rosen (born December 13, 1943) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Considered the "Godfather of independent Mexican cinema", Ripstein's work is generally characterized by "somber, slow-paced, macabre melodramas tackling ...

have worked together on film and television since 1986 with their first collaboration '' The Realm of Fortune (El imperio de la fortuna)'' (1986), winning multiple

Ariel Awards The Ariel Award ( es, Premio Ariel) is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award recognizes artistical and technical excel ...

in different categories. In 2013 Garcíadiego received the Salvador Toscano prize, awarded by the Cineteca Nacional, the Fundación Carmen Toscano and the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences.

Early life

Garciadiego was born in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...

in a middle-class family. She grew up in

Colonia Juárez, Mexico City Colonia Juárez is one of the better–known neighborhoods or colonias in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City. The neighborhood is shaped like a long triangle with the boundaries: Paseo de la Reforma on the north, Avenida Chapultepec on the s ...

and from an early age enjoyed hearing and reading stories with her grandmother. She graduated from a Catholic School in 1968 and after having her first child she studied philosophy, literature and Latin American Studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

Career

Garciadiego began working as a writer at

Secretariat of Public Education (Mexico) The Mexican Secretariat of Public Education ( in Spanish ''Secretaría de Educación Pública'', ''SEP'') is a federal government authority with cabinet representation and the responsibility for overseeing the development and implementation of ...

adapting literary classics and episodes of Mexican history into comic books, then she worked writing educational content for children at Unidad de Televisión Educativa y Cultural (UTEC). There, she met director

and they made the adaptation of The Golden Cockerel by

Juan Rulfo Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo ( ; 16 May 1917 – 7 January 1986), was a Mexican writer, screenwriter, and photographer. He is best known for two literary works, the 1955 novel ''Pedro Páramo'', and th ...

, what would be their first collaboration '' El imperio de la fortuna'' (1986)

Works

Films

*'' Devil Between the Legs'' (2019) *''

'' (2015) *'' The Reasons of the Heart'' (2011) *'' El carnaval de Sodoma'' (2006) *''La virgen de la lujuria'' (2002) *''La perdición de los hombres'' (2000) *'' Así es la vida'' (2000) (based on

Medea In Greek mythology, Medea (; grc, Μήδεια, ''Mēdeia'', perhaps implying "planner / schemer") is the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, a niece of Circe and the granddaughter of the sun god Helios. Medea figures in the myth of Jason an ...

) *'' El coronel no tiene quien le escriba'' (1999) (based in the novel with the same name by

Gabriel García Márquez Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (; 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo () or Gabito () throughout Latin America. Considered one ...

) *'' El evangelio de las maravillas'' (1998) *''Noche de paz'' (1998) *'' Deep Crimson (Profundo carmesí)'') (1996) *'' The Queen of the Night'' '' (La reina de la noche)'' (1994) *'' Principio y fin'' (1993) *'' La mujer del puerto'' (1991) *''Ciudad de ciegos'' (1991) *'' Love Lies (Mentiras piadosas)'') (1987) *'' The Realm of Fortune (El imperio de la fortuna)'' (1986)

Television

* '' La Hora Marcada'' (1989) (episode "Noche de Paz")

References

External links

* Mexican screenwriters 1949 births People from Mexico City Living people Naturalised citizens of Spain {{screen-writer-stub