Name
Felipe Cazals
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1937-07-28
Deathday
2021-10-16 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Mexico
Biography
Felipe Cazals (July 28th, 1937 - October 16th, 2021) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer.
Along with Arturo Ripstein, Jaime Humberto Hermosillo and Jorfe Fons, he is considered one of the most representative film directors of his generation. His masterworks The Humilliated (Las inocentes, 1986), Las Poquianchis (1976), The Heist (El Apando, 1976) and Canoa (1976), make him to be considered as one of the most creative and bitter-critic filmmaker in the history of Latin-American movies.
Canoa was entered into the26th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize. His 1973 film Thoe Years (Aquellos Años, 1974) was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.
Known For
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A guerrilla commando tries to kidnap a politician. In the attempt, several policemen and a...
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A terrible disease is found in a Mexican town. A doctor tries to alert the authorities whe...
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- 1979 Crónica íntima
- 1969 Familiarities as Salesman
- 1974 Those Years as Senador Cap. Morgan
