Gilberto Gazcón
Gilberto Gazcón de Anda (19 May 1929 – 11 May 2013) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter and Film producer, producer. He wrote more than fifty screenplays, directed over thirty films, won numerous awards, and was a promoter of Mexican cinema. He is best known in English-speaking countries for the neo noir thriller film ''Rage (1966 film), Rage'' (1966), starring Glenn Ford and Stella Stevens. Biography Gilberto Gazcón was born in Mexico City on 19 May 1929. He was the son of film producer and screenwriter Valentín Gazcón, and the nephew of Raúl de Anda, pioneers of Mexican sound cinema. His brother, , also became a filmmaker. He showed an aptitude for art from a young age and developed an interest in cinema, where he began as a child actor and later worked as an assistant set designer. He began writing his own screenplays, and decided to leave his medical career, and enrolled in film adaptation courses and studied acting at the Cinematographic Academy, directed b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Film Director
A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role in choosing the Casting (performing arts), cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking in cooperation with the Film producer, producer. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, Film producer, producers, Film editing, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended film school. Directors use different approaches. Some Outline (list), outline a general plotline and let the actors impro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ariel Award
The Ariel Award () is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas, Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award recognizes artistical and technical excellence in the Cinema of Mexico, Mexican film industry. The purpose of the Ariel recognition is to stimulate and increase the excellence of Mexican cinema, favor the growth of the industry, and promote the meeting and strengthening of the national film community. It is regarded as the most prestigious award in the Mexican film industry and considered Mexico, Mexico's equivalent to the Academy Awards, Oscars of the United States. History The statuette is in the image of a man and it was designed by the sculpture, sculptor Ignacio Asúnsolo. The original statuette is currently found inside Estudios Churubusco, Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The name "Ariel" was inspired by a series of short writings c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2013 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1929 Births
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic Counter-revolutionary, counter-revolution in Mexico. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, a British high court, ruled that Canadian women are persons in the ''Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General)'' case. The 1st Academy Awards for film were held in Los Angeles, while the Museum of Modern Art opened in New York City. The Peruvian Air Force was created. In Asia, the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Soviet Union engaged in a Sino-Soviet conflict (1929), minor conflict after the Chinese seized full control of the Manchurian Chinese Eastern Railway, which ended with a resumption of joint administration. In the Soviet Union, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, General Secretary Joseph S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sergio Véjar
Sergio Véjar (11 October 1928 – 15 February 2009) was a Mexican cinematographer, film director and screenwriter. His 1963 film ''Los signos del zodiaco'' was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Los signos del zodiaco'' (1963) * ''La Casa del Pelícano'' (1974) * ''La jaula de oro (1987 film), La Jaula de Oro'' (1987) References External links * 1928 births 2009 deaths People from Colima Mexican film directors Mexican cinematographers Mexican film producers 20th-century Mexican screenwriters 20th-century Mexican male writers {{Mexico-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zacarías Gómez Urquiza
Zacarías Gómez Urquiza (1905-1982) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Selected filmography * ''Jesusita en Chihuahua (film), Jesusita en Chihuahua'' (1942) * ''Mischievous Susana'' (1945) * ''We Maids'' (1951) * ''The Cry of the Flesh'' (1951) * ''The Masked Tiger'' (1951) * ''The Mystery of the Express Car'' (1953) * ''The Sin of Being a Woman'' (1955) * ''Happiness (1957 film), Happiness'' (1957, co-writer only) * ''Northern Courier'' (1960) * ''El tesoro de Morgan'' (1974) * ''Viento salvaje'' (1974) References Bibliography * Joanne Hershfield & David R. Maciel. ''Mexico's Cinema: A Century of Film and Filmmakers''. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1999. External links * 1905 births 1982 deaths Mexican film directors Mexican screenwriters {{Mexico-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rolando Aguilar
Rolando Aguilar (1903–1984) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ....Agrasánchez p.158 Selected filmography * '' Mothers of the World'' (1936) * '' These Men'' (1937) * '' Glorious Nights'' (1938) * '' The Miracle Song'' (1940) * '' Rosalinda'' (1945) * '' Adventure in the Night'' (1948) References Bibliography * Rogelio Agrasánchez. ''Guillermo Calles: A Biography of the Actor and Mexican Cinema Pioneer''. McFarland, 2010. External links * 1903 births 1984 deaths Mexican male screenwriters Mexican film directors People from San Miguel de Allende Writers from Guanajuato 20th-century Mexican screenwriters 20th-century Mexican male writers {{Mexico-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Genius And Figure
''Genius and Figure'' (Spanish: ''Genio y figura'') is a 1953 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Méndez and starring Luis Aguilar, Antonio Badú and Esther Fernández. Alfaro p.86 It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director José Rodríguez Granada. Plot Antonio is a player who abandoned his woman as soon as she gives birth. Antonio's friend Luis, will do his best to make him go back to his family. Cast * Luis Aguilar as Luis Jiménez * Antonio Badú as Antonio Vargas * Esther Fernández as Esther * Evangelina Elizondo as Victoria Rey * Linda Cristal as Rosita * Gloria Mestre as Alicia del Río * Miguel Ángel Ferriz as Doctor * Aurora Walker as Enfermera * Manuel Noriega as Doctor Torres * Salvador Quiroz Salvador Quiroz (1892–1956) was a Mexican film actor.Kohner, p. 355 Selected filmography * ''Huapango (film), Huapango'' (1938) * ''Horse for Horse'' (1939) * ''With Villa's Veterans'' (1939) * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Spot Of The Family
''The Spot of the Family'' or ''The Family's Flaw'' (Spanish: ''El lunar de la familia'') is a 1953 comedy drama film directed by Fernando Méndez and starring Luis Aguilar, Antonio Badú, Sara García and Esther Fernández. Riera p.90-91 It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director José Rodríguez Granada. Cast * Luis Aguilar as Luis Jiménez * Antonio Badú as Antonio Vargas; Toño * Sara García as Doña Luisa Jiménez * Esther Fernández as Esther * Linda Cristal as Rosita * Sara Montes as Lupita * José Elías Moreno as Don Maurelio * Josefina Leiner as Anita * Quintín Bulnes as Feliciano * Carlos Martínez Baena as Padre José * Pepe del Río as Joaquinito * Jorge Treviño as Don Melquiades * Conchita Gentil Arcos as Mamá de Feliciano * Manuel Noriega Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno ( , ; February 11, 1934 – May 29, 2017) was a Panamanian dictator and military officer who ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Minister's Daughter (1952 Film)
''The Minister's Daughter'' (Spanish: ''La hija del ministro'') is a 1952 Mexican romantic comedy film directed by Fernando Méndez and starring Luis Aguilar, Rosita Arenas and Víctor Parra. Amador p.100 It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jorge Fernández. Synopsis A young civil servant's career suddenly begins to flourish when it is believed that he is dating the daughter of a government minister. Cast * Luis Aguilar as Enrique Murillo * Rosita Arenas as Susana del Villar * Víctor Parra as Enrique Lozano * José Elías Moreno José Elías Moreno (12 November 1910 – 15 July 1969) was a Mexican character actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1937 and 1969. He was from the state of Jalisco. His José Elías Moreno Jr., son of the same name, born in 1956 ... as Don Ramón del Villar * Agustín Isunza as Don Pachis * Elda Peralta as Lourdes, esposa de Lozano * Arturo Martí ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Wolf Returns
''The Wolf Returns'' (Spanish: ''Vuelve el lobo'') is a 1952 Mexican western adventure film directed by Vicente Oroná and starring Dagoberto Rodríguez, Flor Silvestre and Tito Novaro. Wilt p.161 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ramón Rodríguez Granada. It was part of a trilogy of films released the same year along with '' The Lone Wolf'' and '' The Justice of the Wolf''. Cast * Dagoberto Rodríguez as Jorge de Alba 'El Lobo' * Flor Silvestre as Lupita Gutiérrez * Tito Novaro as Rodrigo Hernández * Federico Curiel as Pichirilo * Rosa de Castilla as Marta de Alba * Gloria Mange as Laura * Aurora Walker Aurora Walker García (1904–1964) was a Mexican film actress. She appeared in more than a hundred and twenty films during her career.Agrasánchez p.159 She was married to Mexican actor Julio Taboada until her death (suicide by electrocution) 2 ... as Nana * José L. Murillo as Comisario * Enrique del Castillo as Fernando Rojas References ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Justice Of The Wolf
''The Justice of the Wolf'' (Spanish: ''La justicia del lobo'') is a 1952 Mexican western adventure film directed by Vicente Oroná and starring Dagoberto Rodríguez, Flor Silvestre and Rosa de Castilla. It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ramón Rodríguez Granada. It was the middle part of a trilogy of films including '' The Lone Wolf'' and ''The Wolf Returns''.Wilt p.155 Cast * Dagoberto Rodríguez as Jorge de Alba 'El Lobo' * Flor Silvestre as Lupita Gutiérrez * José María Linares-Rivas as Robles * Federico Curiel as Pichirilo * Rosa de Castilla as Marta de Alba * Pepe del Río as Alfonso * Aurora Walker as Nana * José L. Murillo as Comisario * Ana Bertha Lepe as Soledad * Pascual García Peña as Juez * Lupe Carriles María Guadalupe Carriles, known as Lupe Carriles (25 December 1913 – 6 February 1964), was a Mexican character actor, character actress. Career One of her many memorab ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |