Roberto Gavaldón

Director

Born: June 7, 1909 (77 years old)

Died: September 4, 1986

Place of birth: Jimenez, Chihuahua, Mexico

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.

Filmography (42)

• Macario (1960, ★ 8.6)
• Prisoner 13 (1933, ★ 6.7)
• The Boy and the Fog (1953, ★ 6.5)
• Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo (1973, ★ 7.2)
• The Other (1946, ★ 6.8)
• The Kneeling Goddess (1947, ★ 6.7)
• Untouched (1954, ★ 6.8)
• The Golden Cockerel (1964, ★ 7)
• The Barracks (1945, ★ 7)
• Night Falls (1952, ★ 6.5)
• Soledad's Shawl (1952, ★ 6.4)
• Los hijos que yo soñé (1965, ★ 7.2)
• Camelia (1954, ★ 5.4)
• The Littlest Outlaw (1955, ★ 5.5)
• In the Palm of Your Hand (1951, ★ 6)
• Las cenizas del diputado (1977, ★ 5.6)
• Rosauro Castro (1950, ★ 6.2)
• Autumn Days (1963, ★ 7)
• Rosa blanca (1972, ★ 7.1)
• De carne somos (1955, ★ 5.6)
• Rayando el sol (1946, ★ 6.4)
• El baisano Jalil (1942, ★ 6.3)
• The Hidden One (1956, ★ 5.2)
• The Love Nest (1950, ★ 5.1)
• Doña Macabra (1972, ★ 5.4)
• Desired (1951, ★ 5.3)
• El Siete de Copas (1960, ★ 5.6)
• Ash Wednesday (1958, ★ 4.3)
• Beyond All Limits (1959, ★ 4.6)
• The Fungi Man (1976, ★ 4.8)