Juan Orol

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1897-08-04 (91 years old)

Deathday

1988-05-26

Place of Birth

Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain

Juan Orol

Biography

Juan Rogelio García García, better known as Juan Orol, was a Mexican-Spanish actor, producer, screenwriter and film director. He was known as The King of the Mexican Film noir. He was also known as The Involuntary Surrealist. He was a pioneer of the Mexican cinema's first talkies and one of the main promoters of the Rumberas film in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. His films have been described as cult films.

Production

1950

Cabaret Shanghai

as Producer

1950

1947

1934

1934

Soulless Women

as Producer

1950

Cabaret Shanghai

as Director

1963

1940

Siboney

as Producer

1940

Siboney

as Writer

1940

Siboney

as Director

1968

1963

1963

1966

1965

1966

1965

1966

1951

1949

1950

Wild Love

as Director

1944

Cruel destino

as Director

1968

1946

Embrujo antillano

as Assistant Director

1979

1957

1949

1951

1950

Wild Love

as Producer

1950

Wild Love

as Writer

1937

1953

1946

1946

1947

1937

1935

Beloved Mother

as Director

1951

Madre querida

as Director

1935

1935

Beloved Mother

as Producer

1951

Madre querida

as Producer

1937

Eterna mártir

as Producer

1937

1937

1951

Madre querida

as Writer

1946

1946

1937

1937

Eterna mártir

as Director

1951

Hombres sin alma

as Producer

1951

1946

1951

1958

1946

1951

Hombres sin alma

as Director

1951

1957

1958

1958

1958

1958

1957

1962

1962

1927

El sendero gris

as Co-Director

1953

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