Felipe Cazals

Felipe Cazals

Directing Jul 28, 1937 Oct 16, 2021 (aged 84) Mexico City, Mexico

Felipe Cazals (July 28th, 1937 - October 16th, 2021) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer.

Along with Arturo Ripstein, Jaime Humberto Hermosillo and Jorfe Fons, he is considered one of the most representative film directors of his generation. His masterworks The Humilliated (Las inocentes, 1986), Las Poquianchis (1976), The Heist (El Apando, 1976) and Canoa (1976), make him to be considered as one of the most creative and bitter-critic filmmaker in the history of Latin-American movies.

Canoa was entered into the26th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize. His 1973 film Thoe Years (Aquellos Años, 1974) was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.

3 Acting Credits
34 Crew Credits

Acting

Familiarities Movie

Familiarities

as Salesman

1969
Those Years Movie

Those Years

as Senador Cap. Morgan

1974
Crónica íntima Movie

Crónica íntima

1979

Crew

Herod's Law Movie

Herod's Law

Thanks

1999
Canoa: A Shameful Memory Movie

Canoa: A Shameful Memory

Director

1976
Duck Season Movie

Duck Season

Consulting Producer

2004
Las Poquianchis Movie

Las Poquianchis

Director

1976
The Seven Cucas Movie

The Seven Cucas

Director

1981
The Heist Movie

The Heist

Director

1976
Chicogrande Movie

Chicogrande

Director

2010
The Year of the Plague Movie

The Year of the Plague

Producer

1978
Aunt Isabel's Garden Movie

Aunt Isabel's Garden

Director

1972
Emiliano Zapata Movie

Emiliano Zapata

Director

1970
Under the Shrapnel Movie

Under the Shrapnel

Director

1983
The Wrath of a God Movie

The Wrath of a God

Director

1988