Emilio Fernández

Born: 1903-03-26, Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico

Died: 1986-08-06

Biography

Emilio "El Indio" Fernández (born Emilio Fernández Romo, March 26, 1904 – August 6, 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best known for his work as director of the film Maria Candelaria, which won the Palme d'Or award at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. As an actor, he worked in numerous film productions of Mexico and also in Hollywood.

Filmography

• The Wild Bunch (1969)
• Arriba Michoacán (1987)
• La traición (1984)
• The Night of the Iguana (1964)
• The War Wagon (1967)
• Breakout (1975)
• Return of the Seven (1966)
• Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
• Almas rebeldes (1937)
• The Appaloosa (1966)
• Cruz Diablo (1934)
• México Norte (1979)
• Under the Volcano (1984)
• Janitzio (1935)
• Treasure of the Amazon (1985)
• Flying Down to Rio (1933)
• María Candelaria (Xochimilco) (1944)
• Lola la Trailera (1983)
• Erótica (1979)
• Erótica (1979)
• El Secuestro De Lola - Lola La Trailera 2 (1986)
• Un callejón sin salida (1965)
• Paloma herida (1963)
• Paloma herida (1963)
• Los de abajo (1940)
• Mercenarios de la Muerte (1983)
• Adios Nicanor (1937)
• The Phantom Gunslinger (1970)
• Enamorada (1946)
• Un día de vida (1950)