Emilio Fernández

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Emilio Fernández

Directing March 26, 1903

Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico

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…

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Columbo

Columbo

8.1 1971 TV Show
The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven

7.5 1960 Movie
The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch

7.6 1969 Movie
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

7.2 1973 Movie
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

7.1 1974 Movie
Return of the Seven

Return of the Seven

6.1 1966 Movie
The War Wagon

The War Wagon

6.8 1967 Movie
Kung Fu

Kung Fu

7.7 1972 TV Show
The Night of the Iguana

The Night of the Iguana

7.2 1964 Movie
Breakout

Breakout

6.3 1975 Movie
Under the Volcano

Under the Volcano

6.5 1984 Movie
The Appaloosa

The Appaloosa

6.4 1966 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2013
    Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Island Feast

    TV show Founder of Restaurante Sa Foradada

  2. 1987
    Arriba Michoacán

    Movie

  3. 1986
    El Secuestro De Lola - Lola La Trailera 2

    Movie Commander Prieto

  4. 1986
    Lovers of the Lord of the Night

    Movie Don Venustiano

  5. 1986
    Ahora mis pistolas hablan

    Movie

  6. 1985
    Treasure of the Amazon

    Movie Tacho / Paco

  7. 1985
    Un Retrato del Indio

    Movie Self

  8. 1984
    La traición

    TV show Gral. Arcadio Carvajal

  9. 1984
    Notes from Under the Volcano

    Movie Self

  10. 1984
    Observations Under the Volcano

    Movie Self

  11. 1984
    Under the Volcano

    Movie Diosdado

  12. 1983
    Lola the Truck Driver

    Movie Comandante Prieto

  13. 1983
    Mercenarios de la Muerte

    Movie

  14. 1982
    Una gallina muy ponedora

    Movie

  15. 1982
    Cinématon XIX

    Movie N°187

  16. 1980
    Las cabareteras

    Movie

More credits
  1. 1979
    Erótica

    Movie Hernández

  2. 1979
    México Norte

    Movie Director

  3. 1976
    Red Zone

    Movie

  4. 1975
    Political Asylum

    Movie General Salino

  5. 1975
    Breakout

    Movie J.V.

  6. 1974
    La Choca

    Movie Writer

  7. 1974
    Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

    Movie El Jefe

  8. 1973
    Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    Movie Paco

  9. 1972
    Nest of Virgins

    Movie Anacleto Morones

  10. 1972
    Kung Fu

    TV show Carlos

  11. 1971
    Columbo

    TV show Miguel

  12. 1971
    The Enemy Blood

    Movie Juan

  13. 1970
    The Phantom Gunslinger

    Movie Sheriff

  14. 1969
    El crepúsculo de un dios

    Movie Emilio

  15. 1969
    Duelo en El Dorado

    Movie

  16. 1969
    La Chamuscada - Tierra Y Libertad

    Movie Margarito Herrero

  17. 1969
    The Wild Bunch

    Movie Gen. Mapache

  18. 1968
    The Smugglers

    Movie Cesare Brunelli

  19. 1968
    El caudillo

    Movie

  20. 1967
    El Silencioso

    Movie Emilio Segura

  21. 1967
    Un dorado de Pancho Villa

    Movie Aurelio Pérez

  22. 1967
    The War Wagon

    Movie Calita

  23. 1967
    Hard Breed to Kill

    Movie Ringo

  24. 1967
    A Covenant with Death

    Movie Ignacio