
Directing
Community Rating
5.5
TMDB estimate
Born
June 7, 1909
Died
September 4, 1986 (age 77)
Born in
Jimenez, Chihuahua, Mexico
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.

Cuando tejen las arañas
as Director
1979

La playa vacía
as Director
1977

Las cenizas del diputado
as Director
1977

The Fungi Man
as Director, Writer
1976

La madrastra
as Director
1974

Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo
as Director, Associate Producer
1973

Doña Macabra
as Director, Executive Producer
1972

Rosa blanca
as Director, Screenplay
1972

Las figuras de arena
as Director
1970

The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
as Director, Producer, Writer
1970

Los hijos que yo soñé
as Director
1965

The Golden Cockerel
as Director, Screenplay
1964

Autumn Days
as Director
1963

El Siete de Copas
as Director, Adaptation
1960

Macario
as Director, Writer
1960

Beyond All Limits
as Director
1959

Ash Wednesday
as Writer, Director
1958
El cine mexicano de fiesta
as Self
1958

La rebelión de la sierra: El Fin de Heraclio Bernal
as Director, Writer
1958

El rayo de Sinaloa: La venganza de Heraclio Bernal
as Director, Writer
1958