Benito Alazraki
Directing
- Born
- October 27, 1921 · Mexico, D.F., Mexico
- Died
- June 7, 2007 (age 85)
Benito Alazraki (27 October 1921 – 6 June 2007) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter whose career spanned commercial features, documentary work, and genre cinema.
He founded Panamerican Films, produced and co-wrote the script for Enamorada (directed by Emilio Fernández), and made a cycle of indigenist documentaries for Teleproducciones led by producer Manuel Barbachano Ponce.
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His feature debut, Raíces—an episodic adaptation of El diosero by Francisco Rojas González—received the International Critics’ Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and later a special honor from the Ariel Awards.
He then moved into commercial filmmaking with titles such as Los amantes and later directed popular genre films including Santo Contra los Zombis and Espiritismo, the latter adapted from The Monkey's Paw.
He also produced, wrote, and directed extensive television work in Spain, and on returning to Mexico held senior posts at Canal 13 and CONACINE.
Known for
Enamorada
December 25, 1946
Roots
September 1, 1954
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
June 28, 1985
The Curse of the Doll People
April 13, 1961
Tin Tan y las modelos
July 7, 1960
La leyenda del tambor
September 17, 1981
Rebelde Sin Casa
April 18, 1960
Santo vs. the Zombies
May 31, 1962
Frankenstein, the Vampire and Company
February 8, 1962
Spiritism
March 29, 1962
La tijera de oro
May 11, 1960
El rey de los taxistas
February 14, 1988
Behind the camera41
- 1995Hasta que los cuernos nos separen Director
- 1993Yo hice a Roque III Director, Writer
- 1989Arriba el telón Director
- 1988El rey de los taxistas Director
- 1988Alicia en el pais del dolar Director
- 1985La Casa Que Arde de Noche Screenplay
- 1983Mundo mágico Producer, Adaptation
- 1981The Ghost of the Lake Director
- 1981La leyenda del tambor Writer
- 1977Balún Canán