Felipe Cazals

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Felipe Cazals

Directing July 28, 1937

Mexico City, Mexico

Felipe Cazals (July 28th, 1937 - October 16th, 2021) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer. Along with Arturo Ripstein, Jaime Humberto Hermosillo and Jorfe Fons,…

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Herod's Law

Herod's Law

8.0 1999 Movie
Canoa: A Shameful Memory

Canoa: A Shameful Memory

7.8 1975 Movie
Duck Season

Duck Season

7.1 2004 Movie
Las Poquianchis

Las Poquianchis

7.0 1976 Movie
The Seven Cucas

The Seven Cucas

6.7 1981 Movie
The Heist

The Heist

6.5 1976 Movie
The Year of the Plague

The Year of the Plague

5.3 1978 Movie
Chicogrande

Chicogrande

6.7 2010 Movie
Aunt Isabel's Garden

Aunt Isabel's Garden

5.5 1972 Movie
Familiarities

Familiarities

6.7 1969 Movie
Crónica íntima

Crónica íntima

6.3 1979 Movie
Emiliano Zapata

Emiliano Zapata

6.4 1970 Movie

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Felipe Cazals (July 28th, 1937 - October 16th, 2021) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer. Along with Arturo Ripstein, Jaime Humberto Hermosillo and Jorfe Fons, he is considered one of the most representative film directors of his generation. His masterworks The Humilliated (Las inocentes, 1986), Las Poquianchis (1976), The Heist (El Apando, 1976) and Canoa (1976), make him to be considered as one of the most creative and bitter-critic filmmaker in the history of Latin-American movies. Canoa was entered into the26th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize. His 1973 film Thoe Years (Aquellos Años, 1974) was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2013
    Citizen Buelna

    Movie Director

  2. 2010
    Chicogrande

    Movie Director

  3. 2006
    The Citrillo's Turn

    Movie Screenplay

  4. 2004
    Digna: Worthy to Her Last Breath

    Movie Screenplay

  5. 2004
    Duck Season

    Movie Consulting Producer

  6. 2000
    His Most Serene Highness

    Movie Director

  7. 1999
    Herod's Law

    Movie Thanks

  8. 1993
    Kino: The Legend of the Black Priest

    Movie Screenplay

  9. 1991
    Undressed and Unruly

    Movie Director

  10. 1991
    Love Bubbles

    Movie Director

  11. 1988
    The Wrath of a God

    Movie Director

  12. 1987
    Dulce espiritu

    Movie Director

  13. 1986
    Three of Cups

    Movie Director

  14. 1986
    Luz's Motives

    Movie Director

  15. 1986
    The Humiliated

    Movie Director

  16. 1983
    Under the Shrapnel

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1981
    The Seven Cucas

    Movie Director

  2. 1981
    The Great Victory

    Movie Director

  3. 1980
    Rigo is Love

    Movie Director

  4. 1979
    Crónica íntima

    Movie

  5. 1978
    La Güera Rodríguez

    Movie Director

  6. 1978
    The Year of the Plague

    Movie Producer

  7. 1976
    Las Poquianchis

    Movie Director

  8. 1976
    The Heist

    Movie Director

  9. 1975
    Canoa: A Shameful Memory

    Movie Director

  10. 1974
    Those Who Live Where the Soft Wind Blows

    Movie Director

  11. 1974
    Those Years

    Movie Senador Cap. Morgan

  12. 1972
    Aunt Isabel's Garden

    Movie Director

  13. 1970
    Emiliano Zapata

    Movie Director

  14. 1969
    The Olympics in Mexico

    Movie Assistant Director

  15. 1969
    The Children's Hour

    Movie Producer

  16. 1969
    Familiarities

    Movie Salesman

  17. 1968
    The Apple of Discord

    Movie Producer

  18. 1965
    Leonora Carrington or The Ironic Spell

    Movie Director

  19. 1965
    Que se callen...

    Movie Director