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Benito Alazraki

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
0

Gender
Male

Birthday
October 27, 1921 (104 years old)

Place of Birth
Mexico, D.F., Mexico

Benito Alazraki

Biography

Benito Alazraki (27 October 1921 – 6 June 2007) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter whose career spanned commercial features, documentary work, and genre cinema.

He founded Panamerican Films, produced and co-wrote the script for Enamorada (directed by Emilio Fernández), and made a cycle of indigenist documentaries for Teleproducciones led by producer Manuel Barbachano Ponce.

His feature debut, Raíces—an episodic adaptation of El diosero by Francisco Rojas González—received the International Critics’ Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and later a special honor from the Ariel Awards.

He then moved into commercial filmmaking with titles such as Los amantes and later directed popular genre films including Santo Contra los Zombis and Espiritismo, the latter adapted from The Monkey's Paw.

He also produced, wrote, and directed extensive television work in Spain, and on returning to Mexico held senior posts at Canal 13 and CONACINE.

Known For

Directing

1995Hasta que los cuernos nos separen...Director
1993Yo hice a Roque III...Director
1989Arriba el telón...Director
1988El rey de los taxistas...Director
1988Alicia en el pais del dolar...Director
1981The Ghost of the Lake...Director
1977Balún Canán...Director
1973Las tres perfectas casadas...Director
1971Los jóvenes amantes...Director
1965The Widow...Director
1965Love Love Love...Director
1962A ritmo de twist...Director
1962The Gunslingers...Director
1962Santo vs. the Zombies...Director
1962El Tigre Negro...Director
1962Spiritism...Director
1962Frankenstein, the Vampire and Company...Director
1962The Time and the Touch...Director
1961Amor a balazo limpio...Director
1961De hombre a hombre...Director
1961Con quien andan nuestros locos...Director
1961The Curse of the Doll People...Director
1960The Law of Guns...Director
1960El toro negro...Director
1960Peligros de juventud...Director
1960Tin Tan y las modelos...Director
1960Póker de reinas...Director
1960La tijera de oro...Director
1960Las hermanas Karambazo...Director
1960Rebelde Sin Casa...Director
1960Infierno de almas...Director
1959El vestido de novia...Director
1959Café Colón...Director
1958Ladrones de niños...Director
1958Where Are Our Children Going?...Director
1956Los amantes...Director
1954Roots...Director

Writing

1993Yo hice a Roque III...Writer
1987La Casa Que Arde de Noche...Screenplay
1983Mundo mágico...Adaptation
1981La leyenda del tambor...Writer
1971Los jóvenes amantes...Story
1965The Widow...Adaptation
1965Love Love Love...Adaptation
1962Santo vs. the Zombies...Adaptation
1958Ladrones de niños...Writer
1956Los amantes...Adaptation
1954Roots...Writer
1946Enamorada...Writer

Production

1983Mundo mágico...Producer
1946Enamorada...Producer

Acting