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Ismael Rodríguez

Ismael Rodríguez

Director · Born 1917-10-19 · Mexico City, Mexico

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Biography

Ismael Rodríguez Ruelas (October 19, 1917 – August 7, 2004) was an acclaimed Mexican film director. Rodríguez directed many major stars, including Pedro Infante, Dolores del Río, María Félix, and even Toshiro Mifune, the favorite actor of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, as a Mexican Indian in the film Ánimas Trujano (1961). This film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Rodríguez's most renowned international film is Tizoc, in which Pedro Infante-who starred alongside Maria Felix -received a Golden Globe nomination for best actor. For this role, Infante won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Pedro Infante died in a plane crash. on April 15, 1957, before receiving the award. When Ismael Rodriguez asked Pedro's mother to keep the Silver Bear, she refused to accept it. Instead she told Rodriguez that because He had "made" Pedro Infante, deserved to keep the statue. He humbly did. Rodriguez, not only worked with the best of Mexican and international actors, he made some of the most memorable movies of the time. A brilliant writer/director.

Directed

  1. We the Poor (1948) — Director
  2. Dos tipos de cuidado (1953) — Director
  3. Los tres huastecos (1948) — Director
  4. Full Spead Ahead (1951) — Director
  5. Snow White and Her 7 Lovers (1980) — Director
  6. The Three Garcías (1947) — Director
  7. The Black Sheep (1949) — Director
  8. You the Rich (1948) — Director
  9. The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956) — Director
  10. Tizoc (1957) — Director
  11. ¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer? (1951) — Director
  12. No desearás la mujer de tu hijo (1950) — Director
  13. The Important Man (1961) — Director
  14. Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!! (1951) — Director
  15. Pepe El Toro (1953) — Director
  16. The Paper Man (1963) — Director
  17. Land of Men (1958) — Director
  18. My Son, the Hero (1961) — Director
  19. This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter (1957) — Director
  20. My General's Wives (1951) — Director
  21. Vuelven los García (1947) — Director
  22. The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall (1965) — Director
  23. La Cucaracha (1959) — Director
  24. Mi niño Tizoc (1972) — Director
  25. Autopsy of a Ghost (1968) — Director
  26. Unethical Behaviour (1970) — Director
  27. Reclusorio (1997) — Director
  28. Damned City! (1954) — Director
  29. The Door and the Butcher's Wife (1969) — Director
  30. Over the Waves (1950) — Director
  31. Storm in the souls (1954) — Director
  32. Romance de fieras (1954) — Director
  33. When the Brave Cry (1947) — Director
  34. ¡Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra! (1943) — Director
  35. Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956) — Director
  36. This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter (1958) — Director
  37. Two Kinds of Schemes (1989) — Director
  38. This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter (1958) — Director
  39. Escándalo de estrellas (1944) — Director
  40. From the Village to TV (1953) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Full Spead Ahead (1951) — Hombre que cuelga el telefono (uncredited)
  2. You the Rich (1948) — Transeúnte (uncredited)
  3. Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!! (1951) — Transeúnte (uncredited)
  4. Pepe El Toro (1953) — Paseante (uncredited)
  5. Santa (1932)
  6. No te engañes corazón (1937) — Empleado oficina (uncredited)
  7. Damned City! (1954) — Paquita's wooer
  8. This was Pedro Infante (1963) — Ismael Rodríguez
  9. El hombre cine mexicano: Pedro Infante, el mito (1994)
  10. Fervor Infantilista (2014) — Himself
  11. Alex Phillips: The magic between light and shadow (1998) — self
  12. Mimí Derba (2000) — Self