Roberto Gavaldón was a Mexican film director. Eight of Gavaldón's films were featured on the list 100 Best Movies of the Cinema of Mexico. His 1958 film Ash Wednesday was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival and his 1959 film Beyond All Limits was entered into the following years festival. His 1960 film Macario was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not win.
Known For
Macario
(1960)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
The Dead Speak
(1935)
Assistant Director
Cielito lindo
(1936)
Co-Director
Ave sin rumbo
(1937)
Assistant Director
El derecho y el deber
(1937)
Assistant Director
La tierra del mariachi
(1938)
Assistant Director
La bestia negra
(1939)
Assistant Director
Rancho Alegre
(1941)
Assistant Director
El baisano Jalil
(1942)
Director
El conde de Montecristo
(1942)
Director
Caminito alegre
(1944)
Assistant Director
Naná
(1944)
Director
The Barracks
(1945)
Director
Corazones de México
(1945)
Director
El socio
(1946)
Director
The Other One
(1946)
Director
Rayando el sol
(1946)
Director
The Kneeling Goddess
(1947)
Director
La vida íntima de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra
(1947)
Director
Adventures of Casanova
(1948)
Director
Tongolele Has Been Killed
(1948)
Director
A la sombra del puente
(1948)
Director
The Love Nest
(1950)
Director
Rosauro Castro
(1950)
Director
In the Palm of Your Hand
(1951)
Director
Desired
(1951)
Director
Mi vida por la tuya
(1951)
Director
Night Falls
(1952)
Director
Soledad's Shawl
(1952)
Director
Remember to Live
(1953)
Director
The Three Perfect Married
(1953)
Director
The Boy and the Fog
(1953)
Director
Camelia
(1954)
Director
Untouched
(1954)
Director
The Littlest Outlaw
(1955)
Director
Después de la tormenta
(1955)
Director
De carne somos
(1955)
Director
The Hidden One
(1956)
Director
Historia de un amor
(1956)
Director
Ash Wednesday
(1958)
Director
Here is Heraclius Bernal
(1958)
Director
El rayo de Sinaloa: La venganza de Heraclio Bernal
(1958)
Director
La rebelión de la sierra: El Fin de Heraclio Bernal
(1958)
Director
Beyond All Limits
(1959)
Director
Macario
(1960)
Director
El siete de copas
(1960)
Director
The White Rose
(1961)
Director
Autumn Days
(1963)
Director
The Golden Cockerel
(1964)
Director
Los hijos que yo soñé
(1965)
Director
Rio Blanco
(1967)
Director
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
(1970)
Director
Las figuras de arena
(1970)
Director
Doña Macabra
(1972)
Director
Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo
(1973)
Director
La madrastra
(1974)
Director
The Fungi Man
(1976)
Director
La playa vacía
(1977)
Director
Las cenizas del diputado
(1977)
Director
Las del talon
(1978)
Director
Cuando tejen las arañas
(1979)
Director
Viva México y sus corridos
(1982)
Director
Acting
Writing
Naná
(1944)
Writer
The Other One
(1946)
Screenplay
The Kneeling Goddess
(1947)
Adaptation
Tongolele Has Been Killed
(1948)
Screenplay
Rosauro Castro
(1950)
Screenplay
The Love Nest
(1950)
Writer
In the Palm of Your Hand
(1951)
Writer
Mi vida por la tuya
(1951)
Writer
Desired
(1951)
Writer
Soledad's Shawl
(1952)
Screenplay
Night Falls
(1952)
Writer
The Three Perfect Married
(1953)
Screenplay
The Boy and the Fog
(1953)
Writer
Camelia
(1954)
Screenplay
Untouched
(1954)
Writer
Después de la tormenta
(1955)
Writer
De carne somos
(1955)
Writer
The Hidden One
(1956)
Adaptation and Writer
Ash Wednesday
(1958)
Writer
Macario
(1960)
Writer
El siete de copas
(1960)
Adaptation
The White Rose
(1961)
Screenplay
The Golden Cockerel
(1964)
Screenplay
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
(1970)
Writer
The Fungi Man
(1976)
Writer
Production