Roberto Gavaldón

Roberto Gavaldón (born June 7, 1909 in Jiménez, Chihuahua — died September 4, 1986 in Mexico City) was a Mexican film director.

Eight of Gavaldón's films were featured on the list 100 Best Movies of the Cinema of Mexico. His 1958 film Ash Wednesday was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival^[1] and his 1959 film Beyond All Limits was entered into the following years festival.^[2] His 1960 film Macario was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not win.^[3]

Selected filmography

• El Conde de Monte Cristo (1941)
• La Baraca (1944)
• The Associate (1946)
• La Otra (1946)
• The Private Life of Mark Antony and Cleopatra (1947)
• Adventures of Casanova (1948)
• La Casa chica (1949)
• Deseada (1950)
• La Noche Avanza (1952)
• The Boy and the Fog (1953)
• Las Tres perfectas casadas (1953)
• Camelia (1953)
• El Rebozo de Soledad (1953)
• After the Storm (1955)
• The Littlest Outlaw (1955)
• Sombre Verde (1955)
• The Hidden One (1956)
• Ash Wednesday (1958)
• Beyond All Limits (1959)
• Macario (1960)
• La Rosa blanca (1961)
• El Gallo de Oro (1964)
• El hombre de los hongos (1976)
• La Playa vacia (1979)

References

External links

• Roberto Gavaldón at the Internet Movie Database