Benito Alazraki
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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Movies (44)
Hasta que los cuernos nos separen
1995 · Director
Yo hice a Roque III
1993 · Director, Writer
Objetos sexuales
1990 · Director
Arriba el telón
1989 · Director
El rey de los taxistas
1988 · Director, Screenplay
Alicia en el pais del dolar
1988 · Director, Screenplay
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
1985 · Screenplay
Mundo mágico
1983 · Producer, Adaptation
The Ghost of the Lake
1981 · Director
La leyenda del tambor
1981 · Writer
Balún Canán
1977 · Director, Screenplay
Las tres perfectas casadas
1973 · Director
Los jóvenes amantes
1971 · Director, Story
El día de las madres
1969 · Screenplay
Love Love Love
1965 · Director, Adaptation
The Widow
1965 · Director, Adaptation
A ritmo de twist
1962 · Director
The Gunslingers
1962 · Director
Santo vs. the Zombies
1962 · Director, Writer
El Tigre Negro
1962 · Director
Spiritism
1962 · Director
Frankenstein, the Vampire and Company
1962 · Director
The Time and the Touch
1962 · Director
Amor a balazo limpio
1961 · Director
De hombre a hombre
1961 · Director
The Curse of the Doll People
1961 · Director
Con quien andan nuestros locos
1961 · Director
The Law of Guns
1960 · Director
El toro negro
1960 · Director
Peligros de juventud
1960 · Director
Tin Tan y las modelos
1960 · Director
Póker de reinas
1960 · Director
La tijera de oro
1960 · Director
Las hermanas Karambazo
1960 · Director
Rebelde Sin Casa
1960 · Director
Infierno de almas
1960 · Director
Pistolas invencibles
1960 · Director
El vestido de novia
1959 · Director
Café Colón
1959 · Director
Ladrones de niños
1958 · Director, Writer
Where Are Our Children Going?
1958 · Director, Screenplay
Los amantes
1956 · Director, Adaptation
Roots
1954 · Director, Writer
Enamorada
1946 · Producer, Writer
TV shows (0)
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