Gustavo Alatriste

Personal Info

Know For

Production

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-08-25 (84 years old)

Deathday

2006-07-22

Place of Birth

Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico

Gustavo Alatriste

Biography

Gustavo Alatriste Rodríguez (August 8th, 1922 – July 22, 2006) was a Mexican director, producer, exhibitor, and entrepreneur. At the age of 17, he enrolled in the Escuela Bancaria y Comercial to study Accounting, but left after only six months. He married Ariadne Welter, an actress who appeared in Ensayo de un crimen (1955), a film directed by the Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel, with whom Alatriste formed a strong friendship. A successful furniture businessman, Alatriste later ventured into the film industry as a producer with Viridiana (Buñuel, 1961), a story set in an old and remote estate filled with attractions and romantic entanglements ...

Production

1962

Viridiana

as Producer

1965

1982

1962

Magueyes

as Producer

1974

Entre violetas

as Director

1973

1971

1971

1980

La grilla

as Director

1980

La grilla

as Producer

1982

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