Emilio Fernández
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1903-03-26 (83 years old)
Deathday
1986-08-06
Place of Birth
Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico
Also known As
Emilio "Indio" Fernández
Emilio Fernández Romo
Emilio 'El Indio' Fernandez
Emilio Fernandez
Emilio 'Indio' Fernandez
Indio Fernández
Эмилио Фернандес
Emilio Fernández
Biography
Emilio "El Indio" Fernández (born Emilio Fernández Romo, March 26, 1904 – August 6, 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best known for his work as director of the film Maria Candelaria, which won the Palme d'Or award at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. As an actor, he worked in numerous film productions of Mexico and also in Hollywood.
Acting
1969
as Gen. Mapache
1974
as El Jefe
1966
as Lazaro
1966
as Francisco Lorca
1967
as Calita
1986
as Commander Prieto
1933
as Dancer (uncredited)
1937
1985
as Tacho / Paco
1963
as Epigmenio Gomez
1959
as Coronel Antonio Zeta
1943
as Rogelio Torres
1965
as Sergeant Lopez
1966
as Don Lucio
1961
as Pascual Velasco
1935
as Zirahuén
1984
1975
as J.V.
1976
1943
as Aguilucho
1941
as Ernesto
1937
1940
as Pancracio
1940
as Emilio Gómez
1984
as Self
1969
as Himself
1931
as Pancho
1984
as Diosdado
1930
as Lopez
1936
as Sebastián
1962
as Coronel
1972
as Anacleto Morones
1979
as Hernández
1965
as Moran
1973
as Paco
1937
1967
as Ignacio
1967
as Ringo
1970
as Sheriff
1964
as Félix Gómez
1964
as Barkeeper (uncredited)
1967
as Emilio Segura
1968
1964
1975
as General Salino
1934
as Toparca, bandolero
1937
as Idúa
1986
as Don Venustiano
2004
as (archive footage)
1932
as Indian Joe
1963
as Danilo Zata
1987
1983
as Comandante Prieto
1971
as Juan
1966
1980
1938
1971
as Margarito Herrero
1941
1967
as Aurelio Pérez
1942
1968
as Cesare Brunelli
1982
as N°187
1936
as Bailarín
Production
1949
as Director
1949
as Screenplay
1935
as Adaptation
1935
as Writer
1944
as Director
1944
as Writer
1947
as Director
1954
as Director
1943
as Director
1943
as Screenplay
1945
as Director
1945
as Director
1946
as Director
1949
as Director
1951
as Director
1949
as Writer
1949
as Director
1948
as Director
1948
as Story
1948
as Director
1953
as Director
1950
as Director
1950
as Screenplay
1958
as Director
1974
as Writer
1950
as Writer
1950
as Director
1962
as Director
1969
as Director
1952
as Director
1969
as Writer
1969
as Producer
1964
as Associate Producer
1954
as Director
1955
as Director
1950
as Director
1953
as Director
1946
as Director
1979
as Director
1952
as Director
1976
as Director
1952
as Director
1960
as Director
1945
as Writer
1962
as Writer
1974
as Director
1951
as Director
1979
as Director
1951
as Director
1960
as Assistant Director
1942
as Director
1951
as Writer
1952
as Writer
1948
as Screenplay
1955
as Director
1954
as Adaptation
1945
as Story
1947
as Screenplay
1946
as Screenplay
1943
as Adaptation
1963
as Director
1963
as Writer
1979
as Writer
1951
as Screenplay
1949
as Screenplay
1942
as Director
1946
as Screenplay
1953
as Screenplay
1947
as Associate Producer
1967
as Writer
1967
as Producer
1955
as Writer
1950
as Writer
1942
as Screenplay
1942
as Story
1967
as Director
1952
as Writer
1952
as Director
1954
as Writer
1954
as Director
1976
as Writer
1952
as Writer
1955
as Writer
1947
as Co-Director
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