Roberto Gavaldón

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.

Directed

1. Macario (1960) — Director
2. The Other (1946) — Director
3. Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo (1973) — Director
4. The Kneeling Goddess (1947) — Director
5. Autumn Days (1963) — Director
6. In the Palm of Your Hand (1951) — Director
7. La madrastra (1974) — Director
8. The Golden Cockerel (1964) — Director
9. Night Falls (1952) — Director
10. Untouched (1954) — Director
11. The Barracks (1945) — Director
12. The Boy and the Fog (1953) — Director
13. Rosauro Castro (1950) — Director
14. The Littlest Outlaw (1955) — Director
15. The Fungi Man (1976) — Director
16. The Love Nest (1950) — Director
17. The Hidden One (1956) — Director
18. Soledad's Shawl (1952) — Director
19. Doña Macabra (1972) — Director
20. The White Rose (1961) — Director
21. The Three Perfect Married (1953) — Director
22. Cuando tejen las arañas (1979) — Director
23. Beyond All Limits (1959) — Director
24. Ash Wednesday (1958) — Director
25. Desired (1951) — Director
26. Las figuras de arena (1970) — Director
27. Camelia (1954) — Director
28. La playa vacía (1977) — Director
29. Las cenizas del diputado (1977) — Director
30. Tongolele Has Been Killed (1948) — Director
31. El Siete de Copas (1960) — Director
32. De carne somos (1955) — Director
33. My Life for Yours (1951) — Director
34. The Useless Life of Pito Pérez (1970) — Director
35. Los hijos que yo soñé (1965) — Director
36. Rayando el sol (1946) — Director
37. La rebelión de la sierra: El Fin de Heraclio Bernal (1958) — Director
38. La vida íntima de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra (1947) — Director
39. El socio (1946) — Director
40. Después de la tormenta (1955) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Prisoner 13 (1933) — Prisoner
2. La sangre manda (1934)
3. El cine mexicano de fiesta (1958) — Self