Benito Alazraki
Directing
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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movieYo hice a Roque III
1993
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movieArriba el telón
1989
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movieEl rey de los taxistas
1988
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movieThe Ghost of the Lake
1981
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movieBalún Canán
1977
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movieLos jóvenes amantes
1971
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movieLove Love Love
1965
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The Widow
1965
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movieThe Gunslingers
1962
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movieSanto vs. the Zombies
1962
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movieEl Tigre Negro
1962
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movieSpiritism
1962
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movieThe Time and the Touch
1962
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movieAmor a balazo limpio
1961
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movieDe hombre a hombre
1961
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moviePeligros de juventud
1960
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movieTin Tan y las modelos
1960
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movieLa tijera de oro
1960
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movieLas hermanas Karambazo
1960
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movieRebelde Sin Casa
1960
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movieEl vestido de novia
1959
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Café Colón
1959
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movieLadrones de niños
1958
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movieLos amantes
1956
Director
movieRoots
1954
Director
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movieLa Casa Que Arde de Noche
1987
Screenplay
movieMundo mágico
1983
Adaptation
movieLove Love Love
1965
Adaptation
The Widow
1965
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movieSanto vs. the Zombies
1962
Adaptation
movieLos amantes
1956
Adaptation
movieRoots
1954
Writer
movieEnamorada
1946
Writer
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movieMundo mágico
1983
Producer
movieEnamorada
1946
Producer