René Cardona

Directing·Oct 9, 1905·Havana, Cuba

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René Cardona (October 8, 1905 – April 25, 1988) was a Mexican director, actor, producer, screenwriter, and film editor, who was prominent during part of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. René Cardona was born in Havana, Cuba, on October 8, 1905, and began medical school in Cuba, but due to the political problems of the island, he and his family moved to New York City in 1926, where he continued his studies. Economic circumstances experienced by his family caused him to leave his studies. He befriended famous actor Rodolfo Valentino and obtained work as an extra in several films, until 1929 when he produced, wrote, directed and starred in the first Spanish-language film made in Hollywood, Sombras habaneras (Havana Shadows). He also had the opportunity to work in various positions in the film industry such as second assistant, technical advisor and first assistant director, and learned film and lighting technique. In 1932, he moved to Mexico, where he debuted as an actor and met Julieta Zacarías, sister of the director Miguel Zacarías, and soon after married her. His wife's support would be central to his career in Mexican cinema, in films Mano a mano (1932) directed by Ramón Peón and Sobre las olas (1932) directed by Zacarías. At this early stage as an actor, Cardona participated in three key Mexican films Marihuana (1936), El baúl macabro (1936) and Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936), which officially inaugurate the golden age of Mexican cinema and made stars of its protagonists: Esther Fernández, Tito Guízar, and Cardona.

Film	Credit
Las computadoras1982 · Director	Director
Visita al Pasado1981 · Director	Director
Carlos El Terrorista1980 · Director	Director
La Guerra de los Pasteles1979 · Director	Director
Brood of Vipers1978 · Actor, Director, Writer	Actor, Director, Writer
Una noche embarazosa1977 · Director	Director
Prisión de mujeres1977 · Mr. Williams, Director	Mr. Williams, Director
Survive!1976 · Director	Director
El pequeño Robin Hood1975 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Noche de muerte1975 · Director	Director
The Yellow Mafia1975 · Director	Director
Jalisco nunca pierde1974 · Director	Director
Island of Lost Souls1974 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
El Hijo Del Pueblo1974 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Invasion of the Dead1973 · Director	Director
Entre Monjas Anda El Diablo1973 · Director	Director
El derecho de los pobres1973 · Director	Director
Manuel Saldivar, el texano1972 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
The Incredible Professor Zovek1972 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Capulina vs. the Vampires1971 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy1971 · Director	Director
Santo vs. the Head Hunters1971 · Don Alonso Grijalva, Director, Writer	Don Alonso Grijalva, Director, Writer
La mula de Cullen Baker1971 · Capitán, Writer, Director	Capitán, Writer, Director
The Revenge of Gabino Barrera1971 · Director	Director
Siete muertes para el texano1971 · Director	Director
Santo vs. the Riders of Terror1970 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
El pueblo del terror1970 · Director	Director
El asesino enmascarado1970 · Director	Director
La Captura De Gabino Barrera1970 · Director	Director
Santo vs. Capulina1969 · Director	Director
La maestra inolvidable1969 · Director	Director
Santo in the Treasure of Dracula1969 · Director	Director
The Vampire and Sex1969 · Director	Director
Duelo en El Dorado1969 · Director	Director
Lauro Puñales1969 · Director	Director
Night of the Bloody Apes1969 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Wrestling Women vs. the Killer Robot1969 · Director	Director
El Caballo Bayo1969 · Director	Director
Valentín de la Sierra1968 · Director	Director
The Treasure of Moctezuma1968 · Director	Director
Lucio Vazquez1968 · Director	Director
The Bat Woman1968 · Director	Director
Caballo prieto azabache1968 · Director	Director
Operation 671967 · Director	Director
La vuelta del Mexicano1967 · Director	Director
The Panther Women1967 · Director	Director
EEl mexicano1966 · Director	Director
El alazán y el rosillo1966 · Director	Director
Santo vs. the Ghost of the Strangler1966 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
El jinete justiciero en retando a la muerte1966 · Director	Director
El Hijo De Gabino Barrera1965 · Director	Director
Pistoleros del oeste1965 · Director	Director
Santo vs. the Strangler1965 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Aquella Rosita Alvírez1965 · Director	Director
She-Wolves of the Ring1965 · Director	Director
Gabino Barrera1965 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Neutron Traps the Invisible Killers1965 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
LLos Sheriffs De La Frontera1965 · Director	Director
La edad de piedra1964 · Director	Director
Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy1964 · Director	Director
El corrido de María Pistolas1964 · Director	Director
María Pistolas1963 · Director	Director
Fuerte, audaz y valiente1963 · Director	Director
Doctor of Doom1963 · Director	Director
¡En peligro de muerte!1962 · Director	Director
CCarnaval en mi barrio1961 · Director	Director
EEl globero1961 · Director	Director
The Crying Woman1960 · Director	Director
Juan Polainas1960 · Director	Director
Adventures of Joselito and Tom Thumb1960 · Director	Director
AA Clean Shot1960 · Director	Director
UUna señora movida1959 · Director	Director
LLa ley del más rápido1959 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Santa Claus1959 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
EEl joven del carrito1959 · Director	Director
El puma1959 · Actor, Director, Writer	Actor, Director, Writer
El sordo1959 · Director	Director
Angel from Hell1959 · Director	Director
Maratón de baile1958 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
LLa marca del cuervo1958 · Director	Director
Tom Thumb1958 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Las tres pelonas1958 · Director	Director
Tú y la mentira1958 · Director	Director
La cama de piedra1958 · Director	Director
The Living Idol1957 · Director	Director
Pancho López1957 · Director	Director
UUn mundo nuevo1957 · Director	Director
La faraona1956 · (uncredited), Director	(uncredited), Director
LLas zapatillas verdes1956 · Director	Director
Los margaritos1956 · Director	Director
Los tres amores de Lola1956 · Director	Director
El pueblo sin Dios1955 · Director	Director
LLove From Afar1955 · Director	Director
Una gallega en La Habana1955 · Director	Director
De ranchero a empresario1954 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Sindicato de telemirones1954 · Director	Director
Cain y Abel1954 · Director	Director
El enmascarado de plata1954 · Director	Director
Pompeyo el conquistador1953 · Director	Director
Póker de ases1952 · Director	Director
Por qué peca la mujer1952 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Vive como sea1952 · Director	Director
Mujeres de teatro1951 · Director	Director
Canasta Uruguaya1951 · Director	Director
El marido de mi novia1951 · Director	Director
Vuelva el sábado1951 · Director	Director
Port of Temptation1951 · Director	Director
Una viuda sin sostén1951 · Director	Director
They also sing of pain1950 · Director	Director
Yo quiero ser hombre1950 · Director	Director
Gemma1950 · Director	Director
Gema1950 · Director	Director
Red Rain1950 · Director	Director
Yo quiero ser mala1950 · Director	Director
Una canción a la vírgen1949 · Director	Director
El Charro del Cristo1949 · Director	Director
Ahí viene Vidal Tenorio1949 · Director	Director
La última noche1948 · Director	Director
Cartas Marcadas1948 · Actor, Director, Screenplay	Actor, Director, Screenplay
Lazos de fuego1948 · Director	Director
Mi madre adorada1948 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
El tigre de Jalisco1947 · Director	Director
Felipe fue desgraciado1947 · Director	Director
¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!1946 · Mauricio Gómez, Director	Mauricio Gómez, Director
El museo del crimen1945 · Director, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Screenplay
Una canción en la noche1945 · Director	Director
El precio de una vida1945 · Director	Director
The Black Ace1944 · Director	Director
Hotel de verano1944 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Headless Woman1944 · Director	Director
Mis hijos!1944 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
El espectro de la novia1943 · Director	Director
Jesusita en Chihuahua1942 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Unidos por el eje1942 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
AAdios mi chaparrita1941 · Director	Director
Love of my loves1940 · Director	Director
El cobarde1939 · Director	Director
La reina del río1939 · Director	Director
Tierra brava1938 · Director	Director
Dos cadetes1938 · Director	Director
Alarma1938 · Director	Director
EEstrellita1938 · Director	Director
AAllá en el rancho chico1938 · Director	Director
Don Juan Tenorio1937 · Don Juan Tenorio, Director, Screenplay	Don Juan Tenorio, Director, Screenplay