Luis Alcoriza
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Birth Place
Badajoz, ES
Born
September 05, 1920
Died
December 03, 1992
Cause of Death
Emphysema
Biography
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Spanish-born actor turned screenwriter of Mexican films starting in the late 1940s. Alcoriza co-wrote many of Luis Bunuel's Mexican classics, including such powerful films as "Los Olvidados" (1950), "El" (1952) and "The Exterminating Angel" (1962). Beginning in the early 60s and continuing into the late 80s, Alcoriza began directing his own films, but these are little known outside Mexic...
Biography
Spanish-born actor turned screenwriter of Mexican films starting in the late 1940s. Alcoriza co-wrote many of Luis Bunuel's Mexican classics, including such powerful films as "Los Olvidados" (1950), "El" (1952) and "The Exterminating Angel" (1962). Beginning in the early 60s and continuing into the late 80s, Alcoriza began directing his own films, but these are little known outside Mexico.
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Lo Que Importa Es Vivir
(1989)
Director
Terror y Encajes Negros
(1986)
Director
Presagio
(1974)
Director
The Pearl of Tlayucan
(1964)
Director
Cast (Feature Film)
The Great Madcap
(1949)
El Gran Calavera
(1949)
Writer (Feature Film)
Lo Que Importa Es Vivir
(1989)
Screenwriter
Republic of Sin
(1988)
Screenwriter
Terror y Encajes Negros
(1986)
Screenwriter
Presagio
(1974)
Screenwriter
The Exterminating Angel
(1967)
Screenwriter
The Pearl of Tlayucan
(1964)
Screenwriter
The River of Death
(1955)
Screenwriter
Illusion Travels by Streetcar
(1954)
Screenwriter
El
(1953)
Screenplay
El Bruto
(1952)
Screenwriter
La Hija del Engano
(1951)
Screenwriter
El Gran Calavera
(1949)
Screenwriter
Life Events
1949
First collaboration with director Luis Bunuel, "El Gran Calavera/The Great Madcap", which Alcoriza wrote and in which he also acted
1962
Last collaboration with Bunuel, "El Angel Exterminador/The Exterminating Angel"
1989
Last film, "Lo Que Importa Es Vivir/What's Important Is to Live"
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