Fernando de Fuentes

Fernando de Fuentes was born on Dec 13, 1894 in Mexico. Fernando de Fuentes's big-screen debut came with La llorona directed by Ramón Peón in 1933. Fernando de Fuentes is known for Los hijos de María Morales directed by Fernando de Fuentes, Pedro Infante stars as José Morales (Pepe) and Antonio Badú as Luis Morales. Fernando de Fuentes has got 1 awards and 2 nominations so far. The most recent award Fernando de Fuentes achieved is Venice Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Fernando de Fuentes plays is Face of the Screaming Werewolf which will be released on Feb 28, 1965.

Director of two classic films of Mexican Cinema, Compadre Mendoza, El (1933) and ¡Vámonos con Pancho Villa! (1935), De Fuentes began his career as second assistant director in Santa (1931), the first "talkie" produced in Mexico. His technical abilities promoted him to direct Anónimo, El (1932). De Fuentes is considered a pioneer in Mexican movies and a truly gifted director who combined superb technical abilities with a extraordinary sense for visu al narrative. His best films are those made on the early years of Mexican film industry. He "invented" a genre: the Mexican comedy (comedia ranchera) with Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936), the first Mexican film with great success in foreign markets -a sort of musical Como Agua Para Chocolate (1992) of the 30s. He discovered Gabriel Figueroa and pioneered genres such as horror, melodrama and historical. De Fuentes was the first Mexican director who made a film in color: Asi se Quiere en Jalisco (1942). He also was the first to make a film in coproduction with another country: Jalisco Canta en Sevilla (1948), coproduced with Spain.