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Juan José Ortega
Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, México.
Juan J. Ortega (27 October 1904 – 27 December 1996), born Juan José Ortega García, was a Mexican film director, distributor, and journalist. Born in Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, Me…
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Juan J. Ortega (27 October 1904 – 27 December 1996), born Juan José Ortega García, was a Mexican film director, distributor, and journalist. Born in Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, he worked as a journalist for more than 15 years before entering the film industry. In 1935, while serving on the Irrigation Commission, he participated in the production of the documentary features Irrigación en México and Gigantes de piedra. His experience with these productions led him to pursue filmmaking. He made his directorial debut with Sendas del destino (1939), beginning a career that would span more than four decades. Among his notable films are La casa de la Zorra (1945), La mujer legítima (1945), Me gustan todas (1953), Frente al pecado de ayer (1954), Yo no creo en los hombres (1954), and the series of westerns centered on the character Leonardo Moncada. From the late 1960s onward, he focused primarily on film distribution and founded several production and distribution companies. He received numerous recognitions for his contributions to Mexican cinema and published his memoirs, Memorias de una vida, in 1994. He died in Mexico City, Mexico, on 27 December 1996.
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Pep
TV show Director
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1976
Santo in the Mystery of the Black Pearl
Movie Producer
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1970
Santo Faces Death
Movie Producer
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1966
Pacto de sangre
Movie Director
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1965
Preciosa
Movie Director
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1964
The Bats
Movie Director
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1964
Frente al destino
Movie Director
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1964
El río de las ánimas
Movie Director
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1963
Las bravuconas
Movie Director
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1963
Herencia maldita
Movie Director
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1962
Horizontes de sangre
Movie Director
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1962
Pueblo de odios
Movie Director
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1962
La pantera de Monte Escondido
Movie Director
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1962
La moneda rota
Movie Director
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1961
Ay Chabela...!
Movie Director
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1961
Ellas también son rebeldes
Movie Producer
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1961
En carne propia
Movie Director
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1960
Su primer amor
Movie Director
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1959
Cuentan de una mujer
Movie Director
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1957
Tropicana
Movie Director
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1956
Una lección de amor
Movie Director
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1956
No me olvides nunca
Movie Director
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1956
Wild Heart
Movie Producer
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1955
Yo no creo en los hombres
Movie Director
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1955
Frente al Pecado de Ayer
Movie Director
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1954
Me gustan todas
Movie Director
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1953
Cinnamon Skin
Movie Director
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1952
La mentira
Movie Screenplay
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1951
Lodo y Armiño
Movie Director
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1950
Caribbean Rhythms
Movie Writer
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1950
Cuando el alba llegue
Movie Director
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1949
Zorina
Movie Producer
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1949
El ángel caído
Movie Director
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1947
La insaciable
Movie Story
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1945
La casa de la zorra
Movie Director
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1945
La mujer legítima
Movie Director
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1945
Sendas del destino
Movie Director
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1945
Toda una vida
Movie Director
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1944
El abanico de Lady Windermere
Movie Director
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1944
El rosario
Movie Director
