Gustavo Alatriste

Biography

Gustavo Alatriste Rodríguez (August 8th, 1922 – July 22, 2006) was a Mexican director, producer, exhibitor, and entrepreneur. At the age of 17, he enrolled in the Escuela Bancaria y Comercial to study Accounting, but left after only six months. He married Ariadne Welter, an actress who appeared in Ensayo de un crimen (1955), a film directed by the Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel, with whom Alatriste formed a strong friendship. A successful furniture businessman, Alatriste later ventured into the film industry as a producer with Viridiana (Buñuel, 1961), a story set in an old and remote estate filled with attractions and romantic entanglements involving a novice (Silvia Pinal, then Alatriste’s second wife), her uncle Don Jaime (Fernando Rey), her cousin Jorge (Paco Rabal), the maid Ramona (Margarita Lozano), and a group of beggars. The film was awarded the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, where Alatriste received the prize from André Malraux, then France’s Minister of Culture and a member of the French Resistance during World War II.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Whoever is Responsible (1971) — Narrador
2. Historia de una mujer escandalosa (1984) — Don Carlos Deblanc
3. Aquel famoso Remington (1982) — Don Rodolfo
4. The Castaway on the Street of Providence (1971) — Self
5. Alex Phillips: The magic between light and shadow (1998) — self

Directed

1. Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra! (1976) — Director
2. La casa de Bernarda Alba (1982) — Director
3. Whoever is Responsible (1971) — Director
4. Aquel famoso Remington (1982) — Director
5. En la cuerda del hambre (1979) — Director
6. Historia de una mujer escandalosa (1984) — Director
7. Entre violetas (1974) — Director
8. Las calles no se siembran (1974) — Director
9. Los privilegiados (1973) — Director
10. La grilla (1980) — Director
11. Living on Credit (1972) — Director