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 (Spanish: la Época de Oro del Cine Mexicano), spanning the 1930s to 1950s, was a prolific era during which Mexico emerged as the leading film producer in Latin America. Filmmakers during this period tackled themes ...
, 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'' (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)
* ''
The Fallen Angel'' (1949)
* ''
Zorina'' (1949)
* Cuando el alba llegue (1950)
* ''
Ritmos del Caribe'' (1950)
* Lodo y armiño (1951)
* ''
The Lie'' (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
* Fre ...
'' (1960)
* En carne propia (1961)
* Ay Chabela...! (1961)
* La moneda rota (1962)
* 'Monte Escondido' o (Leonardo Moncada) (1962)
* ''
Pueblo de odios
Pueblo refers to the settlements of the Pueblo peoples, Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, currently in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. The permanent communities, including some of the oldest continually occupied settlement ...
'' (1962)
* ''
Horizontes de sangre
''Horizons'' () is a 1913 oil painting by Francisco Antonio Cano Cardona. ''Horizons'' shows the idealized migrant family and it portrays a '' colono'' family –consisting of a husband, wife, and child– sitting on a bluff, surrounded by ...
'' (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
External links
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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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