
Directing
María Novaro
Born 1951-09-11
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Department: Directing
Biography
María Luisa Novaro Peñaloza (September 11, 1951, in Mexico City), better known as María Novaro, is a Mexican film director. She was among the first generation of female filmmakers to graduate from a film school in Mexico. She has made five feature films and fourteen short films. Within the Mexican film industry, she has been a cinematographer, sound mixer, director, screenwriter and editor. Today, Novaro is one of the best known Mexican filmmakers to come out of the New Mexican Cinema and her films express Millian's idea of cinema in feminine.
Known For
Prominent works featuring María Novaro
Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (33 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Rebelled | Self | Movie | 2023 |
![]() | Drawings Against Bullets | Thanks | Movie | 2019 |
![]() | Tesoros | Producer | Movie | 2017 |
![]() | Tesoros | Editor | Movie | 2017 |
![]() | Tesoros | Director | Movie | 2017 |
![]() | Tesoros | Writer | Movie | 2017 |
![]() | Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses | Self | Movie | 2016 |
![]() | Lopez Street | Thanks | Movie | 2013 |
![]() | The Good Herbs | Director | Movie | 2010 |
![]() | The Good Herbs | Editor | Movie | 2010 |
![]() | The Good Herbs | Producer | Movie | 2010 |
![]() | The Good Herbs | Screenplay | Movie | 2010 |
![]() | Burn the Bridges | Producer | Movie | 2007 |
![]() | Juarez: The City Where Women Are Disposable | Self | Movie | 2007 |
![]() | Without a Trace | Writer | Movie | 2001 |
![]() | Without a Trace | Director | Movie | 2001 |
![]() | Entangling Shadows | Director | Movie | 1998 |
![]() | The Garden of Eden | Editor | Movie | 1994 |
![]() | The Garden of Eden | Screenplay | Movie | 1994 |
![]() | The Garden of Eden | Director | Movie | 1994 |
![]() | Autumn | Director | Movie | 1993 |
![]() | Danzón | Director | Movie | 1991 |
![]() | Danzón | Writer | Movie | 1991 |
![]() | Danzón | Editor | Movie | 1991 |
![]() | My Filmmaking, My Life: Matilde Landeta | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1990 |
![]() | Lola | Director | Movie | 1989 |
![]() | Lola | Writer | Movie | 1989 |
![]() | Tales of the City | Director | Movie | 1988 |
![]() | Tales of the City | Writer | Movie | 1988 |
![]() | Azul Celeste | Director | Movie | 1987 |
| An Island Surrounded by Water | Producer | Movie | 1986 | |
| An Island Surrounded by Water | Director | Movie | 1986 | |
| An Island Surrounded by Water | Writer | Movie | 1986 |


























