Roberto Gavaldón

Roberto Gavaldón
Born	June 7, 1909 Jiménez, Chihuahua
Died	September 4, 1986 (aged 77) Mexico City
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1941 - 1979

Roberto Gavaldón (June 7, 1909 in Jiménez, Chihuahua – September 4, 1986 in Mexico City) 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^[1] and his 1959 film Beyond All Limits was entered into the following years festival.^[2] His 1960 film Macario was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not win.^[3]

Selected filmography

• The Count of Monte Cristo (1942)
• La Barraca (1944)
• The Shack (1945)
• The Associate (1946)
• La Otra (1946)
• The Private Life of Mark Antony and Cleopatra (1947)
• Adventures of Casanova (1948)
• La casa chica (1950)
• Desired (1951)
• En La Palma de Tu Mano (1951)
• La Noche Avanza (1952)
• The Boy and the Fog (1953)
• Las Tres perfectas casadas (1953)
• Camelia (1953)
• El Rebozo de Soledad (1953)
• After the Storm (1955)
• The Littlest Outlaw (1955)
• Sombra Verde (1955)
• The Hidden One (1956)
• Ash Wednesday (1958)
• Beyond All Limits (1959)
• Macario (1960)
• La Rosa blanca (1961)
• Autumn Days (1963)
• El Gallo de Oro (1964)
• El hombre de los hongos (1976)
• La Playa vacia (1979)

References

1. "IMDB.com: Awards for Ash Wednesday". imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
2. "IMDB.com: Awards for Beyond All Limits". imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
3. "The 33rd Academy Awards (1961) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-29.

External links

• Roberto Gavaldón at the Internet Movie Database