Aurora Martínez

Biography

Aurora Martinez is the perfect example of an empowered woman who managed to create a name for herself from her career as a director. Martínez’s films are produced almost exclusively in Mexico, with dialogue in Spanish and marketed to the Latin American population. Although her productions receive virtually no theatrical release in the United States, they can be found in many U.S. video outlets, both in VHS and DVD format. Martínez’s movies are generally in the action genre, concentrating on such staple themes as feuds between drug traffickers, illegal trade in human organs, and police investigations, and thus they are not of a kind that normally attracts the attention of foreign film critics. The two facts aforesaid likely explain why she is virtually unknown in the English-speaking world, despite her highly prolific output. Martínez appears on screen in many of her movies, though almost never in a leading role. She has often cast Mario Almada in leading roles including, Tijuana, ciudad de narcos in 1998. Her movies tend to portray extreme, explicit violence.

Directed

1. The True Story of the Weeping Woman (2007) — Director
2. Return from Hell (2007) — Director
3. Cholos empericados (2000) — Director
4. Death Dealers (1995) — Director
5. Traficando con la blanca (2005) — Director
6. Cholos empericados II (2000) — Director
7. Silent Revenge (1995) — Director
8. Con todos menos conmigo (2012) — Director
9. Escoria otra parte de tí (1990) — Director
10. Mi Gober Precioso (2007) — Director
11. Cartuchos mortales (2004) — Director
12. My Boyfriend Is Gay (2015) — Director
13. Estuches de Madera (1994) — Director
14. Best Friends Forever (2015) — Director
15. Error mortal (1990) — Director
16. Trasplantes Ilegales (1995) — Director
17. Terreno prohibido (1992) — Director
18. Vengarse matando (1997) — Director
19. Las otras viejas de mi compadre (2014) — Director
20. Con mis propias manos (1998) — Director
21. La banda del TransAm rojo (1999) — Director
22. Homicida religioso (1997) — Director
23. El séptimo asalto (1998) — Director
24. Y fue acá entre nos (2013) — Director
25. Ay que pena con el compadre (2013) — Director
26. Bloody Tarot (1990) — Director
27. Todo personal (1998) — Director
28. El regreso de Camelia la Chicana (2000) — Director
29. El Patrón de Michoacán (1999) — Director
30. El fantasma de la coca (1999) — Director
31. Me gusta pegarle al polvo (2001) — Director
32. El Rey de la Mafia (1997) — Director
33. Cárcel de mujeres (2001) — Director
34. Monjas narcotraficantes (1999) — Director
35. Mujeres divinas (2001) — Director
36. Soy un hijo de la madrugada (2001) — Director
37. Muerto el perro se acabo la rabia (1994) — Director
38. Sueños de muerte (1995) — Director
39. La licenciada blindada (2001) — Director
40. Condenados a morir (1998) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Son tus perjúmenes mujer (1978)
2. Death Dealers (1995)
3. Por un vestido de novia (1983)
4. Todo personal (1998)
5. El regreso de Camelia la Chicana (2000)
6. El fantasma de la coca (1999) — Mariana
7. Muerto el perro se acabo la rabia (1994)
8. Por tu maldito dinero (1998) — Sandra
9. Bachelor Party (2013)
10. The Mirror's Reflection (2013)
11. La zorra millonaria (2013)
12. Esa hembra es mala (2011)
13. Seeing Double (2013)
14. Traición Con Traición Se Paga (1996) — Sara Villanueva
15. La fuga del penal de Apatzingán (2004)
16. Día de los muertos (2007)
17. Las 4 bellas del norte (2004)
18. Monjas narcotraficantes II (2004)
19. La muerte del judicial (1997)
20. Me anda buscando la ley por traficante de drogas (2000)
21. Pueblo sin leyes (1992)
22. Herencia Homicida (1993)
23. Ahogado el niño se tapa el pozo (1994)
24. Ellas asesinas (2009)
25. Un Asesinato Perfecto (1995)