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Biography

Luis Alcoriza de la Vega (5 September 1918 – 3 December 1992) was a respected Mexican screenwriter, film director, and actor. Alcoriza was born in Spain and established himself in Mexico from 1940. His 1962 film Tlayucan was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His 1987 film Lo que Importa es Vivir was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.

Acting (11 movies)

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El capitán Malacara

1945

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Flor de caña

1948

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Tú, solo tú

1950

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María Magdalena, pecadora de Magdala

1946

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The Great Madcap

1949

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Los miserables

1943

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La vírgen morena

1942

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Reina de reinas: La Virgen María

1948

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El rayo del sur

1943

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A Mexican Buñuel

1997

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La casa de la Troya

1948

Directing (25 movies)

Title	Year	Job
Esperanza	1946	Writer
El ahijado de la muerte	1946	Screenplay
Una extraña mujer	1947	Writer
Nocturno de amor	1948	Screenplay
Enrédate y verás	1948	Writer
The Great Madcap	1949	Screenplay
Yo quiero ser hombre	1950	Writer
The Young and the Damned	1950	Screenplay
Si usted no puede, yo sí	1951	Writer
Una gringuita en México	1951	Screenplay
Los enredos de una gallega	1951	Screenplay
Engagement ring	1951	Screenplay
Canasta Uruguaya	1951	Writer
La miel se fue de la luna	1952	Writer
Meat in Prison	1952	Writer
The Brute	1953	Writer
Él	1953	Screenplay
Illusion Travels by Streetcar	1954	Writer
Robinson Crusoe	1954	Screenplay
The River and Death	1954	Writer
Untouched	1954	Writer
La vida no vale nada	1955	Screenplay
Death in the Garden	1956	Screenplay
Morir de pie	1957	Writer
A Media Luz Los Tres	1958	Screenplay
School for Buglars	1958	Writer
El cariñoso	1959	Screenplay
Fever Mounts at El Pao	1959	Writer
Our Daily Hunger	1960	Writer
The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales	1960	Writer
Suicídate mi amor	1961	Writer
Los Jóvenes	1961	Writer
Tlayucan	1962	Writer
Shark Hunters	1963	Writer
Tarahumara (Further and farther)	1965	Writer
Dangerous Game	1967	Writer
Divertimento	1967	Writer
Romeo contra Julieta	1968	Screenplay
The Door	1969	Writer
The World's Oldest Profession	1970	Writer
Pancho Tequila	1970	Writer
Paradise	1970	Writer
La chamuscada (Tierra y libertad)	1971	Writer
National Mechanics	1972	Writer
The Wall of Silence	1974	Screenplay
Omen	1975	Writer
The Other Virginity	1975	Writer
The Living Forces	1975	Writer
En la trampa	1979	Writer
Buscando un campeon	1980	Writer
National Calvary	1981	Writer
Han violado a una mujer (Tac-tac)	1982	Writer
El amor es un juego extraño	1983	Writer
Terror and Black Lace	1985	Screenplay
Living Is What Matters	1987	Writer
All Souls' Day	1988	Writer
Long Life Together	1995	Writer
Pesadilla para un rico	1996	Screenplay