Directing

Felipe Cazals

Born 1937-07-28

Mexico City, Mexico

Department: Directing

Biography

Felipe Cazals (July 28th, 1937 - October 16th, 2021) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer. Along with Arturo Ripstein, Jaime Humberto Hermosillo and Jorfe Fons, he is considered one of the most representative film directors of his generation. His masterworks The Humilliated (Las inocentes, 1986), Las Poquianchis (1976), The Heist (El Apando, 1976) and Canoa (1976), make him to be considered as one of the most creative and bitter-critic filmmaker in the history of Latin-American movies. Canoa was entered into the26th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize. His 1973 film Thoe Years (Aquellos Años, 1974) was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.

1969

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (53 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
Citizen Buelna	Director	Movie	2013
Citizen Buelna	Writer	Movie	2013
Citizen Buelna	Producer	Movie	2013
Chicogrande	Director	Movie	2010
Chicogrande	Writer	Movie	2010
The Citrillo's Turn	Screenplay	Movie	2006
The Citrillo's Turn	Director	Movie	2006
Digna: Worthy to Her Last Breath	Director	Movie	2004
Digna: Worthy to Her Last Breath	Screenplay	Movie	2004
Duck Season	Consulting Producer	Movie	2004
Duck Season	Creative Consultant	Movie	2004
His Most Serene Highness	Director	Movie	2000
His Most Serene Highness	Screenplay	Movie	2000
Herod's Law	Thanks	Movie	1999
Kino: The Legend of the Black Priest	Screenplay	Movie	1993
Kino: The Legend of the Black Priest	Director	Movie	1993
Undressed and Unruly	Director	Movie	1991
Love Bubbles	Director	Movie	1991
The Wrath of a God	Director	Movie	1988
Dulce espiritu	Director	Movie	1987
Three of Cups	Director	Movie	1986
Luz's Motives	Director	Movie	1986
The Humiliated	Director	Movie	1986
Under the Shrapnel	Director	Movie	1983
The Seven Cucas	Director	Movie	1981
The Great Victory	Director	Movie	1981
Rigo is Love	Director	Movie	1980
Crónica íntima	Self / Appearance	Movie	1979
La Güera Rodríguez	Director	Movie	1978
The Year of the Plague	Producer	Movie	1978
The Year of the Plague	Director	Movie	1978
Las Poquianchis	Director	Movie	1976
The Heist	Director	Movie	1976
Canoa: A Shameful Memory	Director	Movie	1975
Those Who Live Where the Soft Wind Blows	Director	Movie	1974
Those Who Live Where the Soft Wind Blows	Writer	Movie	1974
Those Years	Senador Cap. Morgan	Movie	1974
Those Years	Writer	Movie	1974
Those Years	Director	Movie	1974
Aunt Isabel's Garden	Director	Movie	1972
Emiliano Zapata	Director	Movie	1970
The Olympics in Mexico	Assistant Director	Movie	1969
The Children's Hour	Producer	Movie	1969
Familiarities	Salesman	Movie	1969
Familiarities	Producer	Movie	1969
Familiarities	Writer	Movie	1969
Familiarities	Director	Movie	1969
The Apple of Discord	Producer	Movie	1968
The Apple of Discord	Director	Movie	1968
The Apple of Discord	Writer	Movie	1968
The Apple of Discord	Cinematography	Movie	1968
Leonora Carrington or The Ironic Spell	Director	Movie	1965
Que se callen...	Director	Movie	1965