Benito Alazraki

Biography

Benito Alazraki (27 October 1921 – 6 June 2007) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter whose career spanned commercial features, documentary work, and genre cinema. He founded Panamerican Films, produced and co-wrote the script for Enamorada (directed by Emilio Fernández), and made a cycle of indigenist documentaries for Teleproducciones led by producer Manuel Barbachano Ponce. His feature debut, Raíces—an episodic adaptation of El diosero by Francisco Rojas González—received the International Critics’ Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and later a special honor from the Ariel Awards. He then moved into commercial filmmaking with titles such as Los amantes and later directed popular genre films including Santo Contra los Zombis and Espiritismo, the latter adapted from The Monkey's Paw. He also produced, wrote, and directed extensive television work in Spain, and on returning to Mexico held senior posts at Canal 13 and CONACINE.

Directed

1. Roots (1954) — Director
2. The Curse of the Doll People (1961) — Director
3. Tin Tan y las modelos (1960) — Director
4. Rebelde Sin Casa (1960) — Director
5. Santo vs. the Zombies (1962) — Director
6. Frankenstein, the Vampire and Company (1962) — Director
7. Spiritism (1962) — Director
8. La tijera de oro (1960) — Director
9. El rey de los taxistas (1988) — Director
10. A ritmo de twist (1962) — Director
11. Las hermanas Karambazo (1960) — Director
12. De hombre a hombre (1961) — Director
13. Amor a balazo limpio (1961) — Director
14. El vestido de novia (1959) — Director
15. Los jóvenes amantes (1971) — Director
16. Póker de reinas (1960) — Director
17. El toro negro (1960) — Director
18. Ladrones de niños (1958) — Director
19. Balún Canán (1977) — Director
20. Peligros de juventud (1960) — Director
21. El Tigre Negro (1962) — Director
22. The Law of Guns (1960) — Director
23. Café Colón (1959) — Director
24. Where Are Our Children Going? (1958) — Director
25. Hasta que los cuernos nos separen (1995) — Director
26. Las tres perfectas casadas (1973) — Director
27. The Ghost of the Lake (1981) — Director
28. Infierno de almas (1960) — Director
29. Los amantes (1956) — Director
30. The Gunslingers (1962) — Director
31. Love Love Love (1965) — Director
32. Alicia en el pais del dolar (1988) — Director
33. Yo hice a Roque III (1993) — Director
34. The Time and the Touch (1962) — Director
35. Arriba el telón (1989) — Director
36. Con quien andan nuestros locos (1961) — Director
37. The Widow (1965) — Director