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

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

The Wild Bunch

as Gen. Mapache

1966

The Appaloosa

as Lazaro

1966

Return of the Seven

as Francisco Lorca

1967

The War Wagon

as Calita

1986

The Kidnapping of Lola

as Commander Prieto

1933

Flying Down to Rio

as Dancer (uncredited)

1985

Treasure of the Amazon

as Tacho / Paco

1963

La Bandida

as Epigmenio Gomez

1959

La Cucaracha

as Coronel Antonio Zeta

1943

Wild Flower

as Rogelio Torres

1965

The Reward

as Sergeant Lopez

1966

La recta final

as Don Lucio

1961

My Son, the Hero

as Pascual Velasco

1935

Janitzio

as Zirahuén

1975

Breakout

as J.V.

1941

1940

The Underdogs

as Pancracio

1940

El charro Negro

as Emilio Gómez

1931

1984

1936

Celos

as Sebastián

1962

Little Town

as Coronel

1972

Nest of Virgins

as Anacleto Morones

1979

Erótica

as Hernández

1967

1967

1964

El revólver sangriento

as Félix Gómez

1964

The Night of the Iguana

as Barkeeper (uncredited)

1967

El Silencioso

as Emilio Segura

1975

Political Asylum

as General Salino

1934

Cruz Diablo

as Toparca, bandolero

1937

1986

1932

The Western Code

as Indian Joe

1963

Wounded Dove

as Danilo Zata

1983

Lola the Truck Driver

as Comandante Prieto

1971

1971

1967

Un dorado de Pancho Villa

as Aurelio Pérez

1968

The Smugglers

as Cesare Brunelli

1982

Production

1949

La malquerida

as Director

1949

La malquerida

as Screenplay

1935

The Dead Speak

as Adaptation

1935

1944

Maria Candelaria

as Director

1944

1947

The Pearl

as Director

1954

The Abduction

as Director

1943

Wild Flower

as Director

1943

Wild Flower

as Screenplay

1945

The Abandoned

as Director

1945

Bugambilia

as Director

1946

Enamorada

as Director

1949

Salon Mexico

as Director

1951

Victims of Sin

as Director

1949

Pueblerina

as Writer

1949

Pueblerina

as Director

1948

Hidden River

as Director

1948

Hidden River

as Story

1948

Maclovia

as Director

1953

The Net

as Director

1950

The Torch

as Director

1950

The Torch

as Screenplay

1958

Una cita de amor

as Director

1974

La Choca

as Writer

1950

1950

One Day of Life

as Director

1962

Little Town

as Director

1964

The Night of the Iguana

as Associate Producer

1950

1953

Reportaje

as Director

1946

Pepita Jimenez

as Director

1979

Erótica

as Director

1952

Acapulco

as Director

1976

Pink Zone

as Director

1952

Siempre tuya

as Director

1960

El impostor

as Director

1945

The Abandoned

as Writer

1962

Little Town

as Writer

1974

La Choca

as Director

1951

La bienamada

as Director

1979

México Norte

as Director

1951

Las Islas Marias

as Director

1960

The Magnificent Seven

as Assistant Director

1942

1951

1952

Siempre tuya

as Writer

1948

Maclovia

as Screenplay

1955

Nosotros dos

as Director

1954

The Abduction

as Adaptation

1945

Bugambilia

as Story

1947

The Pearl

as Screenplay

1946

Pepita Jimenez

as Screenplay

1963

Wounded Dove

as Director

1963

Wounded Dove

as Writer

1979

Erótica

as Writer

1951

Victims of Sin

as Screenplay

1949

Salon Mexico

as Screenplay

1942

Passion Island

as Director

1946

Enamorada

as Screenplay

1953

The Net

as Screenplay

1947

The Fugitive

as Associate Producer

1942

Passion Island

as Screenplay

1942

1952

El mar y tu

as Writer

1952

El mar y tu

as Director

1954

1954

La rosa blanca

as Director

1976

Pink Zone

as Writer

1952

Acapulco

as Writer

1955

Nosotros dos

as Writer

1947

The Fugitive

as Co-Director

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