Emilio Fernández
Emilio Fernández (born March 26, 1904 in Mineral del Hondo , Coahuila , † August 6, 1986 in Mexico City ) was a Mexican actor and film director .
Life
Fernández participated in the de la Huerta rebellion (1923/24) , was imprisoned after its failure, was able to escape and followed the leader of the rebellion to Los Angeles . He became an extra in Hollywood . After returning to Mexico, he began acting and writing screenplays. His first directorial work was the film La Isla de la pasión in 1941 . His film Maria Candelaria won an award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1946. His theme, the plight of the Indian population, had hardly played a role in Mexican films up until then. His film Un día de vida (1950), set at the time of the Mexican Revolution , was released in Yugoslavia under the title Jedan dan života and was a box-office hit there, while it received little attention in Mexico itself. From the 1950s, Fernández largely gave up his artistic ambitions and the social demands of his earlier films and shot melodramas and action-oriented entertainment.
As an actor, Fernández became known to a wider audience mainly through his highly acclaimed role of "General Mapache" in Sam Peckinpah's western epic The Wild Bunch .
Filmography (selection)
- Director
- 1934: Cruz Diablo
- 1943: Flor Silvestre
- 1943: Río Escondido
- 1943: Maria Candelaria
- 1946: The Lovers (Enamorada)
- 1947: Mexican Romance (La perla)
- 1948: Paid Nights (Salón Mexico)
- 1948: Maclovia
- 1949: The mistress of Soto (La malquerida)
- 1949: Paloma
- 1949: Pueblerina
- 1950: Rebels of the Black Mountains (The Torch)
- 1950: Forbidden Street (Victimas del pecado)
- 1953: Surf of Passion (La red)
- 1954: In the clutches of Satan (Cuando levanta la niebla)
- 1977: Mexico North
- 1982: Ahora mis pistolas hablan
- actor
- 1966: Return of the Seven (Return of the Seven)
- 1973: Pat Garrett chases Billy the Kid (Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid)
- 1974: Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
- 1975: The Man Without Nerves (Breakout)
- 1959: Storm over Mexico (La Cucaracha)
- 1964: Seven Ride to Hell (The Reward)
- 1965: Southwest to Sonora (The Appaloosa)
- 1969: The Wild Bunch (The Wild Bunch)
- 1974: Yucca Flat - The Craziest City in the Wild West (Phantom Gunslinger)
literature
- Andela Fernández, El Indio Fernández, vida y mito , 3rd edition 1986 ( ISBN 968-38-0161-7 )
- Emilio García Riera, Emilio Fernández 1904-1986 , 1987 ( ISBN 968-895-016-5 )
- Dolores Tierney, Emilio Fernández. Pictures in the margins , 2007 ( ISBN 978-0-7190-7432-5 )
Web links
- Emilio Fernández in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography (spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 651.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fernández, Emilio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican actor and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mineral del Hondo |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 1986 |
| Place of death | Mexico city |