Known For
Directing
Born
Oct 09, 1905
Died
Apr 25, 1988
Place of Birth
Havana, Cuba
Credits
237 titles
René Cardona
Biography
René Cardona (October 8, 1905 – April 25, 1988) was a Mexican director, actor, producer, screenwriter, and film editor, who was prominent during part of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. René Cardona was born in Havana, Cuba, on October 8, 1905, and began medical school in Cuba, but due to the political problems of the island, he and his family moved to New York City in 1926, where he continued his studies. Economic circumstances experienced by his family caused him to leave his studies. He befriended famous actor Rodolfo Valentino and obtained work as an extra in several films, until 1929 when he produced, wrote, directed and starred in the first Spanish-language film made in Hollywood, Sombras habaneras (Havana Shadows). He also had the opportunity to work in various positions in the film industry such as second assistant, technical advisor and first assistant director, and learned film and lighting technique. In 1932, he moved to Mexico, where he debuted as an actor and met Julieta Zacarías, sister of the director Miguel Zacarías, and soon after married her. His wife's support would be central to his career in Mexican cinema, in films Mano a mano (1932) directed by Ramón Peón and Sobre las olas (1932) directed by Zacarías. At this early stage as an actor, Cardona participated in three key Mexican films Marihuana (1936), El baúl macabro (1936) and Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936), which officially inaugurate the golden age of Mexican cinema and made stars of its protagonists: Esther Fernández, Tito Guízar, and Cardona.
Known For
Filmography
Viva la risa II
Las Limpias
Don Ignacio
Yo el ejecutor
Se Sufre pero se Goza
Writer
¡Maten al fugitivo!
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
American
Siempre en domingo
La Banda De La Sotana Negra
The Fury of the Karate Experts
Professor Williams
Las computadoras
Director
Visita al Pasado
Director
Savage Summer
Papá
Carlos El Terrorista
Director
Crónica roja
La Guerra de los Pasteles
Director
El Llanto de los Pobres
Cyclone
The Children of Sanchez
Brood of Vipers
Tempestad
Una noche embarazosa
Director
La casta divina
Consul Cubano
Prisión de mujeres
Mr. Williams
La Folle de Chaillot
Le rentier
Survive!
Director
Fantastic Voyage in a Baloon
El pequeño Robin Hood
Noche de muerte
Director
The Yellow Mafia
Director
El valle de los miserables
Don Luis Aguirre
Jalisco nunca pierde
Director
La disputa
The Vengeance of the Crying Woman
Severo Segovia
Island of Lost Souls
Screenplay
Guns and Guts
Monk
El Hijo Del Pueblo
Director
The Invasion of the Dead
Director
Zindy, the Swamp Boy
Abuelo
Masajista de señoras
Peluquero de señoras
Entre Monjas Anda El Diablo
Director
El derecho de los pobres
Director
Manuel Saldivar, el texano
The Incredible Professor Zovek
Writer
Jesús, el niño Dios
Baltazar (as René Cardona Sr.)
Capulina vs. the Vampires
Director
Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy
Director
Santo vs. the Head Hunters
Don Alonso Grijalva
La mula de Cullen Baker
Capitán
Siete muertes para el texano
Director