Roberto Gavaldón

Directing

June 7, 1909 – September 4, 1986 (died at 77)

Jimenez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Male

105 Movies

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.

Prisoner 13

1933 6.7

as Prisoner

Age 23 (now 77)

La sangre manda

1934 5.7

Age 24 (now 77)

Macario

1960 8.7

Director

Age 51 (now 77)

Macario

1960 8.7

Writer

Age 51 (now 77)

Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo

1973 7.2

Associate Producer

Age 63 (now 77)

Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo

1973 7.2

Director

Age 63 (now 77)

The Other

1946 6.9

Screenplay

Age 37 (now 77)

The Other

1946 6.9

Director

Age 37 (now 77)

The Kneeling Goddess

1947 6.8

Director

Age 38 (now 77)

The Kneeling Goddess

1947 6.8

Adaptation

Age 38 (now 77)

Autumn Days

1963 7.1

Director

Age 54 (now 77)

The Golden Cockerel

1964 7.0

Director

Age 55 (now 77)

The Golden Cockerel

1964 7.0

Screenplay

Age 55 (now 77)

Night Falls

1952 6.6

Director

Age 42 (now 77)

Night Falls

1952 6.6

Writer

Age 42 (now 77)

In the Palm of Your Hand

1951 6.0

Director

Age 42 (now 77)

Cuando tejen las arañas

1979 5.6

Director

Age 69 (now 77)

La playa vacía

1977 4.3

Director

Age 68 (now 77)

Las cenizas del diputado

1977 5.8

Director

Age 68 (now 77)

The Fungi Man

1976 5.0

Director

Age 67 (now 77)

The Fungi Man

1976 5.0

Writer

Age 67 (now 77)

La madrastra

1974 5.8

Director

Age 64 (now 77)

Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo

1973 7.2

Associate Producer

Age 63 (now 77)

Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo

1973 7.2

Director

Age 63 (now 77)

Doña Macabra

1972 5.7

Executive Producer

Age 63 (now 77)

Doña Macabra

1972 5.7

Director

Age 63 (now 77)

Las figuras de arena

1970 4.6

Director

Age 61 (now 77)

The Useless Life of Pito Pérez

1970 5.8

Writer

Age 61 (now 77)

The Useless Life of Pito Pérez

1970 5.8

Producer

Age 61 (now 77)

The Useless Life of Pito Pérez

1970 5.8

Director

Age 61 (now 77)

Los hijos que yo soñé

1965 7.7

Director

Age 55 (now 77)

The Golden Cockerel

1964 7.0

Director

Age 55 (now 77)

The Golden Cockerel

1964 7.0

Screenplay

Age 55 (now 77)

Autumn Days

1963 7.1

Director

Age 54 (now 77)

The White Rose

1961 7.3

Screenplay

Age 52 (now 77)

The White Rose

1961 7.3

Director

Age 52 (now 77)

El Siete de Copas

1960 6.3

Adaptation

Age 51 (now 77)

El Siete de Copas

1960 6.3

Director

Age 51 (now 77)

Macario

1960 8.7

Director

Age 51 (now 77)

Macario

1960 8.7

Writer

Age 51 (now 77)

Beyond All Limits

1959 4.9

Director

Age 50 (now 77)

Ash Wednesday

1958 4.6

Director

Age 49 (now 77)

Ash Wednesday

1958 4.6

Writer

Age 49 (now 77)

El cine mexicano de fiesta

1958

as Self

Age 49 (now 77)

La rebelión de la sierra: El Fin de Heraclio Bernal

1958 5.8

Writer

Age 49 (now 77)

La rebelión de la sierra: El Fin de Heraclio Bernal

1958 5.8

Director

Age 49 (now 77)

El rayo de Sinaloa: La venganza de Heraclio Bernal

1958 5.8

Director

Age 49 (now 77)

El rayo de Sinaloa: La venganza de Heraclio Bernal

1958 5.8

Writer

Age 49 (now 77)

Here is Heraclius Bernal

1958 6.3

Director

Age 48 (now 77)

Here is Heraclius Bernal

1958 6.3

Writer

Age 48 (now 77)

The Hidden One

1956 5.3

Adaptation

Age 47 (now 77)

The Hidden One

1956 5.3

Director

Age 47 (now 77)

The Hidden One

1956 5.3

Writer

Age 47 (now 77)

Historia de un amor

1956 5.7

Director

Age 46 (now 77)

Historia de un amor

1956 5.7

Adaptation

Age 46 (now 77)

The Littlest Outlaw

1955 5.7

Director

Age 46 (now 77)

De carne somos

1955 6.3

Director

Age 46 (now 77)

De carne somos

1955 6.3

Writer

Age 46 (now 77)

Después de la tormenta

1955 6.8

Director

Age 45 (now 77)

Después de la tormenta

1955 6.8

Writer

Age 45 (now 77)

Untouched

1954 6.9

Writer

Age 45 (now 77)

Untouched

1954 6.9

Director

Age 45 (now 77)

Camelia

1954 6.2

Screenplay

Age 44 (now 77)

Camelia

1954 6.2

Director

Age 44 (now 77)

The Boy and the Fog

1953 6.6

Writer

Age 44 (now 77)

The Boy and the Fog

1953 6.6

Director

Age 44 (now 77)

The Three Perfect Married

1953 4.7

Screenplay

Age 44 (now 77)

The Three Perfect Married

1953 4.7

Director

Age 44 (now 77)

Remember to Live

1953 6.0

Director

Age 43 (now 77)

Remember to Live

1953 6.0

Writer

Age 43 (now 77)

Soledad's Shawl

1952 6.5

Director

Age 43 (now 77)

Soledad's Shawl

1952 6.5

Screenplay

Age 43 (now 77)

Night Falls

1952 6.6

Director

Age 42 (now 77)

Night Falls

1952 6.6

Writer

Age 42 (now 77)

In the Palm of Your Hand

1951 6.0

Director

Age 42 (now 77)

In the Palm of Your Hand

1951 6.0

Writer

Age 42 (now 77)

Desired

1951 5.6

Director

Age 41 (now 77)

Desired

1951 5.6

Writer

Age 41 (now 77)

My Life for Yours

1951 6.5

Writer

Age 41 (now 77)

My Life for Yours

1951 6.5

Director

Age 41 (now 77)

Rosauro Castro

1950 6.3

Director

Age 41 (now 77)

Rosauro Castro

1950 6.3

Screenplay

Age 41 (now 77)

Rosauro Castro

1950 6.3

Producer

Age 41 (now 77)

The Love Nest

1950 5.5

Director

Age 40 (now 77)

The Love Nest

1950 5.5

Writer

Age 40 (now 77)

Tongolele Has Been Killed

1948 6.2

Director

Age 39 (now 77)

Tongolele Has Been Killed

1948 6.2

Screenplay

Age 39 (now 77)

In the Shadow of the Bridge

1948 6.0

Adaptation

Age 39 (now 77)

In the Shadow of the Bridge

1948 6.0

Director

Age 39 (now 77)

Adventures of Casanova

1948 6.3

Director

Age 38 (now 77)

The Kneeling Goddess

1947 6.8

Director

Age 38 (now 77)

The Kneeling Goddess

1947 6.8

Adaptation

Age 38 (now 77)

La vida íntima de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra

1947 5.5

Director

Age 37 (now 77)

The Other

1946 6.9

Screenplay

Age 37 (now 77)

The Other

1946 6.9

Director

Age 37 (now 77)

Rayando el sol

1946 6.7

Director

Age 37 (now 77)

El socio

1946 5.8

Director

Age 36 (now 77)

Corazones de México

1945 6.7

Director

Age 36 (now 77)

The Barracks

1945 6.9

Director

Age 35 (now 77)

El niño de las monjas

1944 6.7

Assistant Director

Age 35 (now 77)

Naná

1944 4.0

Writer

Age 34 (now 77)

Naná

1944 4.0

Co-Director

Age 34 (now 77)

Caminito alegre

1944 5.4

Assistant Director

Age 34 (now 77)

Tormenta en la cumbre

1943 5.7

Co-Director

Age 34 (now 77)

El baisano Jalil

1942 6.6

Co-Director

Age 33 (now 77)

El conde de Montecristo

1942 5.6

Assistant Director

Age 32 (now 77)

Las cinco noches de Adán

1942 5.8

Assistant Director

Age 32 (now 77)

Rancho Alegre

1941 6.7

Assistant Director

Age 31 (now 77)

Café Concordia

1939 6.3

Assistant Director

Age 30 (now 77)

La bestia negra

1939 5.1

Assistant Director

Age 29 (now 77)

Su adorable majadero

1939 5.7

Assistant Director

Age 29 (now 77)

Su adorable majadero

1939 5.7

Adaptation

Age 29 (now 77)

La tierra del mariachi

1938 6.3

Assistant Director

Age 29 (now 77)

Ave sin rumbo

1937 5.6

Assistant Director

Age 28 (now 77)

El derecho y el deber

1937 5.8

Assistant Director

Age 27 (now 77)

Cielito lindo

1936 6.4

Co-Director

Age 27 (now 77)

Marihuana (El monstruo verde)

1936 5.5

Assistant Director

Age 26 (now 77)

Celos

1936 3.8

Assistant Director

Age 26 (now 77)

The Dead Speak

1935 5.8

Assistant Director

Age 26 (now 77)

La sangre manda

1934 5.7

Age 24 (now 77)

Prisoner 13

1933 6.7

as Prisoner

Age 23 (now 77)