Fernando de Fuentes

from Veracruz, Mexico

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Biography

Fernando de Fuentes Carrau (December 12, 1894 – July 4, 1958) was a Mexican film director, considered a pioneer in the film industry worldwide. He is perhaps best known for directing the films El prisionero trece, El compadre Mendoza, and Vámonos con Pancho Villa, all part of his Revolution Trilogy on the Mexican Revolution.

Timeline

1971Aged 77

  • Poster for Los Beverly de Peralvillo

    Producer

1970Aged 76

  • Poster for El dinero tiene miedo

    Screenplay

1965Aged 71

  • Poster for Face of the Screaming Werewolf

    Writer

1960Aged 66

  • Poster for House of Terror

    Writer

  • Poster for ¡Viva quien sabe querer!

    Story

1959Aged 65

  • Poster for Anguish of a Secret

    Original Story

1957Aged 63

  • Poster for The Adventures of Pito Pérez

    Adaptation

  • Poster for Que me toquen las golondrinas

    Story

  • Poster for La sombra del otro

    Writer

1955Aged 61

  • Poster for School for Tramps

    Producer

1954Aged 60

  • Poster for 3 citas con el destino

    Director

  • Poster for The Intruder

    Producer

1953Aged 59

  • Poster for Lullaby

    Director

1952Aged 58

  • Poster for Paco, el elegante

    Producer

  • Poster for Las locuras de Tin Tan

    Producer

  • Poster for Los hijos de María Morales

    Producer

1951Aged 57

  • Poster for Apartment house

    Story

  • Poster for Heart of beast

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Crimen y castigo

    Producer

1950Aged 56

  • Poster for Hipólito, el de Santa

    Director

  • Poster for Médico de guardia

    Producer

  • Poster for By the False Door

    Producer

1949Aged 55

  • Poster for Out on the Big Ranch

    Producer

  • Poster for Jalisco canta en Sevilla

    Screenplay

  • Poster for El Colmillo de Buda

    Producer

  • Poster for Las tandas del principal

    Producer

  • Poster for ¡No me defiendas, compadre!

    Producer

1948Aged 54

  • Poster for Si Adelita se fuera con otro

    Producer

1946Aged 52

  • Poster for Esperanza

    Director

  • Poster for La Devoradora

    Producer

1945Aged 51

  • Poster for Hasta que perdió Jalisco

    Director

  • Poster for The Jungle of Fire

    Screenplay

1944Aged 50

  • Poster for El rey se divierte

    Producer

  • Poster for Woman Without a Soul

    Writer

1943Aged 49

  • Poster for Doña Bárbara

    Producer

1942Aged 48

  • Poster for Así se quiere en Jalisco

    Producer

1941Aged 47

  • Poster for Creo en Dios

    Producer

  • Poster for La gallina clueca

    Screenplay

1940Aged 46

  • Poster for Allá en el Trópico

    Producer

  • Poster for El jefe máximo

    Producer

1939Aged 45

1938Aged 44

  • Poster for La zandunga

    Director

1937Aged 43

  • Poster for Bajo el cielo de México

    Director

  • Poster for Las mujeres mandan

    Writer

1936Aged 42

  • Poster for Allá en el Rancho Grande

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Let's Go with Pancho Villa!

    Screenplay

1935Aged 41

  • Poster for The Dressel Family

    Editor

1934Aged 40

  • Poster for El compadre Mendoza

    Editor

  • Poster for The Phantom of the Monastery

    Editor

  • Poster for Cruz Diablo

    Editor

1933Aged 39

  • Poster for El anónimo

    Director

  • Poster for The Crying Woman

    Adaptation

  • Poster for Prisoner 13

    Writer

  • La calandria

    Editor

  • Poster for Su última canción

    Co-Director

  • Poster for The Tiger of Yautepec

    Adaptation

1932Aged 38

  • Poster for Las águilas frente al sol

    Editor

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