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Ismael Rodríguez
Mexico City, Mexico
Ismael Rodríguez Ruelas (October 19, 1917 – August 7, 2004) was an acclaimed Mexican film director. Rodríguez directed many major stars, including Pedro Infante, Dolores del Río,…
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Ismael Rodríguez Ruelas (October 19, 1917 – August 7, 2004) was an acclaimed Mexican film director. Rodríguez directed many major stars, including Pedro Infante, Dolores del Río, María Félix, and even Toshiro Mifune, the favorite actor of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, as a Mexican Indian in the film Ánimas Trujano (1961). This film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Rodríguez's most renowned international film is Tizoc, in which Pedro Infante-who starred alongside Maria Felix -received a Golden Globe nomination for best actor. For this role, Infante won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Pedro Infante died in a plane crash. on April 15, 1957, before receiving the award. When Ismael Rodriguez asked Pedro's mother to keep the Silver Bear, she refused to accept it. Instead she told Rodriguez that because He had "made" Pedro Infante, deserved to keep the statue. He humbly did. Rodriguez, not only worked with the best of Mexican and international actors, he made some of the most memorable movies of the time. A brilliant writer/director.
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2022
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Movie Cinematography
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2014
Fervor Infantilista
Movie Himself
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2000
Mimí Derba
Movie Self
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1999
Reclusorio III
Movie Director
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1998
Fuera de la ley
Movie Director
- 1998
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1997
Reclusorio
Movie Director
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1994
Pandilleras
Movie Producer
- 1994
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1989
Two Kinds of Schemes
Movie Director
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1988
Solicito marido para engañar
Movie Director
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1987
The Scent of Death
Movie Screenplay
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1986
¡Yerba Sangrienta!
Movie Writer
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1985
Masacre en el río Tula
Movie Writer
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1984
Corrupción
Movie Director
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1982
Burdel
Movie Director
More credits
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1980
Snow White and Her 7 Lovers
Movie Director
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1980
El secuestro de los cien millones
Movie Director
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1979
Ratero
Movie Director
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1977
Somos del otro Laredo
Movie Director
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1973
Nosotros los feos
Movie Director
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1972
Mi niño Tizoc
Movie Director
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1971
El ogro
Movie Director
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1971
Trampa para una niña
Movie Director
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1970
Unethical Behaviour
Movie Director
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1969
The Door and the Butcher's Wife
Movie Director
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1969
The Butcher’s Wife
Movie Director
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1969
Cuernos debajo de la cama
Movie Director
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1968
Autopsy of a Ghost
Movie Director
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1968
Chewing Gum
Movie Director
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1965
The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall
Movie Director
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1964
The Mighty Jungle
Movie Director
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1963
This was Pedro Infante
Movie Ismael Rodríguez
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1963
The Paper Man
Movie Director
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1963
La Bandida
Movie Producer
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1961
The Important Man
Movie Director
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1961
My Son, the Hero
Movie Director
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1960
To Each His Own Life
Movie Executive Producer
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1959
La Cucaracha
Movie Director
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1958
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
Movie Director
