Juan Manuel Torres

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-04-05 (42 years old)

Deathday

1980-03-17

Place of Birth

Minatitlán, Veracruz, Mexico

Juan Manuel Torres

Biography

Juan Manuel Torres Sáenz (April 5, 1938 - March 17, 1980) was a Mexican writer, translator, screenwriter and filmmaker. Author of the book of stories El viaje (1969) and the novel Didascalias (1970). Between 1962 and 1968 he studied at the Leon Schiller National School of Film, Television and Theater in Lodz, Poland. He returned to Mexico and directed the films La otra virginidad (The Other Virginity, 1974), La vida cambia (Life Changes, 1975), El mar (The Sea, 1976) and La mujer perfecta (The Perfect Woman, 1977). In 1975 he won the Ariel de Oro for Best Film (along with Emilio Fernández for La Choca) and the Ariel de Plata for Best Direct...

Acting

2014

Production

1975

1975

1973

1972

1979

1977

El mar

as Director

1972

1979

1976

Life Changes

as Director

1972

1976

Life Changes

as Writer

1984

East of West

as Stunts

1977

El mar

as Writer

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