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Benito Alazraki
Mexico, D.F., Mexico
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 foun…
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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.
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1995
Hasta que los cuernos nos separen
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1993
Yo hice a Roque III
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1989
Arriba el telón
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1988
El rey de los taxistas
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1988
Alicia en el pais del dolar
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1985
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
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1983
Mundo mágico
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1981
The Ghost of the Lake
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1981
La leyenda del tambor
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1977
Balún Canán
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1973
Las tres perfectas casadas
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1971
Los jóvenes amantes
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1965
The Widow
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1965
Love Love Love
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1962
A ritmo de twist
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1962
The Gunslingers
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1962
Santo vs. the Zombies
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1962
El Tigre Negro
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1962
Spiritism
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1962
Frankenstein, the Vampire and Company
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1962
The Time and the Touch
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1961
Amor a balazo limpio
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1961
De hombre a hombre
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1961
The Curse of the Doll People
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1961
Con quien andan nuestros locos
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1960
The Law of Guns
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1960
El toro negro
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1960
Peligros de juventud
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1960
Tin Tan y las modelos
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1960
Póker de reinas
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1960
La tijera de oro
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1960
Las hermanas Karambazo
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1960
Rebelde Sin Casa
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1960
Infierno de almas
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1959
El vestido de novia
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1959
Café Colón
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1958
Ladrones de niños
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1958
Where Are Our Children Going?
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1956
Los amantes
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1954
Roots
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