Biography
Mexican director and actor. An officer in the army, his participation in the revolutionary uprising against president Obregón earned him a 20-year prison sentence. Escaping to the United States in 1923, Fernandez worked as an actor in Hollywood. In 1933, he returned to Mexico and directed La Isla de la Pasión (1941). He worked with photographer Gabriel Figueroa. His 1944 film María Candelaria brought him international acclaim as winner of the Palme d’or at the Cannes Film Festival. He directed, among other films, Soy Puro Mexicano (1942), La perla (1945), Río Escondido (1948), Acapulco (1951), Pueblito (1961), El crepúsculo de un Dios (1968). Until his film La Red (1953), he was considered one of the best directors of the postwar period. His last film, Erótica, was made in 1978.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia
Actor
Series | |
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1983 |
La traición |
1976 |
Columbo |
A Matter of Honor (S05E04) |
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1973 |
Kung Fu |
The Brujo (S02E04) |
Documentaries | |
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2004 |
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (TV movie) |
Short | |
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1936 |
La cucaracha mexicana |
1935 |
Mexicana |
Director
Movies | |
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1979 |
Erótica |
México Norte |
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1976 |
Zona roja |
1974 |
La choca |
1969 |
El crepúsculo de un dios |
1967 |
A Faithful Soldier of Pancho Villa |
1963 |
Paloma herida |
1962 |
Pueblito |
1960 |
The Imposter |
1958 |
Una cita de amor |
1955 |
La tierra del Fuego se apaga |
We Two |
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1954 |
El rapto |
The Rebellion of the Hanged |
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The White Rose |
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1953 |
La red |
Reportaje |
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1952 |
Cuando levanta la niebla |
El mar y tú |
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1951 |
Acapulco |
Islas Marías |
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La bienamada |
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Siempre tuya |
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Victims of Sin |
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1950 |
Duelo en las montañas |
Torch, The |
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Un día de vida |
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1949 |
La malquerida |
Pueblerina |
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Salón México |
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1948 |
Maclovia |
Río Escondido |
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1947 |
La perla |
The Fugitive |
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1946 |
Enamorada |
Pepita Jiménez |
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1945 |
Bugambilia |
Las abandonadas |
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1944 |
María Candelaria |
1943 |
Flor silvestre |
1942 |
I'm a Real Mexican |
La isla de la pasión |
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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1979 |
México Norte |
1955 |
We Two |
1943 |
El fanfarrón: ¡Aquí llegó el valentón! |
Performer
Shows | |
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1982 |
De película |