Roberto Gavaldón

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-06-07 (77 years old)

Deathday

1986-09-04

Place of Birth

Jimenez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Roberto Gavaldón

Biography

Roberto Gavaldón was a Mexican film director. Eight of Gavaldón's films were featured on the list 100 Best Movies of the Cinema of Mexico. His 1958 film Ash Wednesday was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival and his 1959 film Beyond All Limits was entered into the following years festival. His 1960 film Macario was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not win.

Acting

1933

Prisoner 13

as Prisoner

Production

1956

1958

Ash Wednesday

as Writer

1953

1960

Macario

as Director

1950

The Love Nest

as Director

1953

Remember to Live

as Director

1946

El socio

as Director

1946

The Other

as Director

1946

The Other

as Screenplay

1947

1942

El baisano Jalil

as Director

1954

Camelia

as Director

1955

1954

Untouched

as Director

1977

La playa vacía

as Director

1956

The Hidden One

as Director

1945

The Barracks

as Director

1964

1952

Night Falls

as Director

1958

Ash Wednesday

as Director

1959

1953

1948

1952

Soledad's Shawl

as Director

1960

Macario

as Writer

1945

1950

Rosauro Castro

as Director

1972

Doña Macabra

as Director

1963

Autumn Days

as Director

1951

Desired

as Director

1961

The White Rose

as Director

1960

1955

De carne somos

as Director

1956

1944

Naná

as Writer

1947

1976

The Fungi Man

as Director

1960

El Siete de Copas

as Adaptation

1951

1956

The Hidden One

as Adaptation

1974

La madrastra

as Director

1972

Doña Macabra

as Executive Producer

1935

The Dead Speak

as Assistant Director

1973

Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo

as Associate Producer

1954

Camelia

as Screenplay

1937

Ave sin rumbo

as Assistant Director

1952

Soledad's Shawl

as Screenplay

1953

1950

Rosauro Castro

as Screenplay

1950

Rosauro Castro

as Producer

1936

Cielito lindo

as Co-Director

1948

1967

Rio Blanco

as Director

1970

1961

The White Rose

as Screenplay

1937

El derecho y el deber

as Assistant Director

1944

Caminito alegre

as Assistant Director

1938

La tierra del mariachi

as Assistant Director

1951

1941

Rancho Alegre

as Assistant Director

1946

Rayando el sol

as Director

1976

The Fungi Man

as Writer

1954

Untouched

as Writer

1952

Night Falls

as Writer

1951

Desired

as Writer

1944

Naná

as Director

1948

1964

The Golden Cockerel

as Screenplay

1950

The Love Nest

as Writer

1955

1939

La bestia negra

as Assistant Director

1953

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