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Rolando Aguilar
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
Rolando Aguilar Ricketson (11 October 1903 – 4 December 1984) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Born in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. He spent his early y…
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Rolando Aguilar Ricketson (11 October 1903 – 4 December 1984) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Born in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. He spent his early years in Mexico before moving to the United States to continue his education, where exposure to Hollywood inspired him to pursue a career in filmmaking. After returning to Mexico, Aguilar began his filmmaking career in 1935 by directing several short films before making his feature directorial debut with Madres del mundo (1936). Over the following decades, Aguilar directed numerous films across a variety of genres, including Los millones de Chaflán (1938). In addition to directing, he worked as a screenwriter. A founding member of the Unión de Directores Cinematográficos de México, he also became the first secretary-general of the Directors' Section of the STPC in 1945. He died in Mexico City, Mexico, on 4 December 1984.
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1971
Ya somos hombres
Movie Writer
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1961
Enterrado vivo
Movie Director
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1961
Duelo indio
Movie Director
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1961
El tiro de gracia
Movie Director
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1959
Mi mujer necesita marido
Movie Director
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1957
El caudillo
Movie Director
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1957
El diablo desaparece
Movie Director
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1956
Oh shorties… how many!
Movie Director
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1956
Run for the Sun
Movie Second Unit Director
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1955
La venganza del Diablo
Movie Director
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1955
El diablo a caballo
Movie Director
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1950
Adventures of a New Rich Man
Movie Director
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1949
El hijo del bandido
Movie Director
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1949
El vengador
Movie Director
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1948
El cuarto mandamiento
Movie Director
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1948
An Adventure in the Night
Movie Writer
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1948
Bajo el cielo de Sonora
Movie Director
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1946
Aqui esta Juan Colorado
Movie Director
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1945
Rosalinda
Movie Director
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1945
Club verde
Movie Director
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1944
Balajú
Movie Director
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1943
Espionaje en el golfo
Movie Director
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1942
¿Quién te quiere a ti?
Movie Director
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1941
Rancho Alegre
Movie Director
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1940
La canción del milagro
Movie Director
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1939
Amanece en el Erial
Movie Director
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1939
Su adorable majadero
Movie Editor
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1938
Los millones de Chaflán
Movie Director
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1938
Noches de gloria
Movie Director
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1937
¡Esos hombres!
Movie Director
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1936
Madres del mundo
Movie Director
