Ismael Rodríguez
Director
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Movies
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Ismael Rodríguez Ruelas (October 19, 1917 – August 7, 2004) was an acclaimed Mexican film director. Rodríguez directed many major stars, including Pedro Infante, Dolores del Río, María Félix, and even Toshiro Mifune, the favorite actor of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, as a Mexican Indian in the film Ánimas Trujano (1961). This film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Rodríguez's most renowned international film is Tizoc, in which Pedro Infante-who starred alongside Maria Felix -received a Golden Globe nomination for best actor. For this role, Infante won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Pedro Infante died in a plane crash. on April 15, 1957, before receiving the award. When Ismael Rodriguez asked Pedro's mother to keep the Silver Bear, she refused to accept it. Instead she told Rodriguez that because He had "made" Pedro Infante, deserved to keep the statue. He humbly did. Rodriguez, not only worked with the best of Mexican and international actors, he made some of the most memorable movies of the time.
A brilliant writer/director.
Behind the Camera
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle
Production Executive
Tizoc
Director, Historia
Reclusorio
Guionista, Director
Corrupción
Productor, Director, Guionista
Burdel
Director, Productor, Escritor
Los chicles
Escritor, Productor, Director
La Cucaracha
Escritor, Director, Productor
Reclusorio III
Director, Escritor
Así era Pedro Infante
Director
Ratero
Director
Viviré otra vez
Productor
Mi niño Tizoc
Director, Guionista, Adaptation
Pepe El Toro
Director, Guionista
Los tres huastecos
Director, Guionista
Vuelven los García
Guionista, Director
Nosotros los pobres
Director, Productor, Historia
La oveja negra
Director, Guionista
Dos tipos de cuidado
Director, Escritor
Animas Trujano
Guionista, Director, Productor, Adaptation
A.T.M. ¡A toda máquina!
Guionista, Director
Los tres García
Escritor, Director, Productor
Ustedes los ricos
Director, Guionista
Cada quién su vida
Productor Ejecutivo, Productor
Así era Pancho Villa
Director, Escritor, Productor
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Dir. de Fotografía
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
Director
Los hermanos Del Hierro
Director, Adaptation
Blanca Nieves y... sus 7 amantes
Director
Masacre en el río Tula
Escritor
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
Director
As Actor/Actress
Así era Pedro Infante
Ismael Rodríguez
Pepe El Toro
Paseante (uncredited)
A.T.M. ¡A toda máquina!
Hombre que cuelga el telefono (uncredited)
Ustedes los ricos
Transeúnte (uncredited)
Santa
¡Maldita Ciudad! Una comedia dramática
Paquita's wooer
Mimí Derba
Self
No te engañes corazón
Empleado oficina (uncredited)
¡¡¡Mátenme porque me muero!!!
Transeúnte (uncredited)
El hombre cine mexicano: Pedro Infante, el mito