Known For
Directing
Born
Oct 19, 1917
Died
Aug 07, 2004
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Mexico
Credits
84 titles
Ismael Rodríguez
Biography
Ismael Rodríguez Ruelas (October 19, 1917 – August 7, 2004) was an acclaimed Mexican film director. Rodríguez directed many major stars, including Pedro Infante, Dolores del Río, María Félix, and even Toshiro Mifune, the favorite actor of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, as a Mexican Indian in the film Ánimas Trujano (1961). This film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Rodríguez's most renowned international film is Tizoc, in which Pedro Infante-who starred alongside Maria Felix -received a Golden Globe nomination for best actor. For this role, Infante won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Pedro Infante died in a plane crash. on April 15, 1957, before receiving the award. When Ismael Rodriguez asked Pedro's mother to keep the Silver Bear, she refused to accept it. Instead she told Rodriguez that because He had "made" Pedro Infante, deserved to keep the statue. He humbly did. Rodriguez, not only worked with the best of Mexican and international actors, he made some of the most memorable movies of the time. A brilliant writer/director.
Known For
Filmography
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Cinematography
Fervor Infantilista
Himself
Mimí Derba
Self
Reclusorio III
Writer
Fuera de la ley
Screenplay
Alex Phillips: The magic between light and shadow
self
Reclusorio
Screenplay
Pandilleras
Producer
El hombre cine mexicano: Pedro Infante, el mito
Two Kinds of Schemes
Director
Solicito marido para engañar
Director
The Scent of Death
Screenplay
¡Yerba Sangrienta!
Writer
Masacre en el río Tula
Writer
Corrupción
Producer
Burdel
Director
Snow White and Her 7 Lovers
Director
El secuestro de los cien millones
Director
Ratero
Director
Nosotros los feos
Director
Mi niño Tizoc
Director
El ogro
Director
Trampa para una niña
Director
Unethical Behaviour
Director
The Butcher’s Wife
Director
The Door and the Butcher's Wife
Director
Cuernos debajo de la cama
Director
Autopsy of a Ghost
Director
Chewing Gum
Writer
The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall
Director
The Mighty Jungle
Director
This was Pedro Infante
Ismael Rodríguez
The Paper Man
Director
La Bandida
Producer
The Important Man
Screenplay
My Son, the Hero
Adaptation
To Each His Own Life
Producer
La Cucaracha
Writer
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
Director
El gran premio
Producer
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
Director
Land of Men
Writer
Tizoc
Director
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
Director
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
Director
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
Director
Cupido pierde a Paquita
Director
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle
Production Executive
Los paquetes de Paquita
Director
Píntame angelitos blancos
Director