Benito Alazraki

Directing·Oct 27, 1921·Mexico, D.F., Mexico

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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.

Film	Credit
Hasta que los cuernos nos separen1995 · Director	Director
Yo hice a Roque III1993 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Arriba el telón1989 · Director	Director
El rey de los taxistas1988 · Director	Director
Alicia en el pais del dolar1988 · Director	Director
La Casa Que Arde de Noche1987 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Mundo mágico1983 · Producer	Producer
The Ghost of the Lake1981 · Director	Director
La leyenda del tambor1981 · Writer	Writer
Balún Canán1977 · Director	Director
Las tres perfectas casadas1973 · Director	Director
Los jóvenes amantes1971 · Director	Director
Love Love Love1965 · Director	Director
TThe Widow1965 · Director	Director
AA ritmo de twist1962 · Director	Director
The Gunslingers1962 · Director	Director
Santo vs. the Zombies1962 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
El Tigre Negro1962 · Director	Director
Spiritism1962 · Director	Director
Frankenstein, the Vampire and Company1962 · Director	Director
The Time and the Touch1962 · Director	Director
Amor a balazo limpio1961 · Director	Director
De hombre a hombre1961 · Director	Director
The Curse of the Doll People1961 · Director	Director
CCon quien andan nuestros locos1961 · Director	Director
TThe Law of Guns1960 · Director	Director
EEl toro negro1960 · Director	Director
Peligros de juventud1960 · Director	Director
Tin Tan y las modelos1960 · Director	Director
PPóker de reinas1960 · Director	Director
La tijera de oro1960 · Director	Director
Las hermanas Karambazo1960 · Director	Director
Rebelde Sin Casa1960 · Director	Director
IInfierno de almas1960 · Director	Director
El vestido de novia1959 · Director	Director
CCafé Colón1959 · Director	Director
Ladrones de niños1958 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Where Are Our Children Going?1958 · Director	Director
Los amantes1956 · Director	Director
Roots1954 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Enamorada1946 · Writer, Producer	Writer, Producer