Vicente Leñero

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-06-09 (81 years old)

Deathday

2014-12-03

Place of Birth

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Vicente Leñero

Biography

Playwright and narrator. Studied Engineering at UNAM and Journalism at Escuela Carlos Septién García. Director of Revista de Revistas; deputy director of Proceso. His plays Pueblo rechazado, Compañero, La carpa, Alicia tal vez, Pelearán diez rounds, Hace ya tanto tiempo, Señora, La noche de Hernán Cortés, La mudanza and Nadie sabe nada, among others, have been premiered. Reporter and director of Excélsior, Proceso and Revista de Revistas. Fellow of the Instituto de Cultura Hispánica de Madrid, 1956; of the CME, 1961 and 1964; and of the Guggenheim Foundation, 1967. Member of the SNCA, as creator emeritus, since 1994. Member of the Mexican Aca...

Production

2002

1994

Amor que mata

as Screenplay

1979

2010

1999

Herod's Law

as Screenplay

2012

A Map for a Talk

as Script Consultant

2007

2023

From Inside

as Story

1980

1993

Miroslava

as Writer

1979

Life Sentence

as Screenplay

1975

2006

Contracorriente

as Screenplay

1995

Midaq Alley

as Screenplay

1990

1990

Tony Tijuana

as Writer

2002

The Blue Room

as Screenplay

1979

1973

2018

The Cousin

as Screenplay

2000

Amores Perros

as Thanks

1977

Los de abajo

as Screenplay

1976

1990

La mudanza

as Writer

1987

1980

Mystery

as Author

2013

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