Aurora Martínez
Aurora Martinez is the perfect example of an empowered woman who managed to create a name for herself from her career as a director. Martínez’s films are produced almost exclusively in Mexico, with dialogue in Spanish and marketed to the Latin American population. Although her productions receive virtually no theatrical release in the United States, they can be found in many U.S. video outlets, both in VHS and DVD format. Martínez’s movies are generally in the action genre, concentrating on such staple themes as feuds between drug traffickers, illegal trade in human organs, and police investigations, and thus they are not of a kind that normally attracts the attention of foreign film critics. The two facts aforesaid likely explain why she is virtually unknown in the English-speaking world, despite her highly prolific output. Martínez appears on screen in many of her movies, though almost never in a leading role. She has often cast Mario Almada in leading roles including, Tijuana, ciudad de narcos in 1998. Her movies tend to portray extreme, explicit violence.
As director
Con senos no hay paraíso
Una suegra muy norteña
Miénteme más
Se fue la luz
El regalo de bodas
My Boyfriend Is Gay
The Treasure Chest
A Curate Without a Cure
Stolen Love
Best Friends Forever
La liquidación
Lágrimas para un perrón
The Unconditional
Love and Other Tragedies
I'm The Best Man
Secret Admirer
Hit Me But Do Not Leave Me
This is a Robbery
And Love Exists
An Imperfect Marriage
Waking Up From the Coma
Just a Little Bit?
An Amazing Resemblance
Sleepless Nights
One Thing Leads To Another
This Body Isn't Mine
Luna sin miel
Life's a Bitch
If I Were a Woman
Friends With Benefits
As actor
Bachelor Party
The Mirror's Reflection
La zorra millonaria
Seeing Double
Esa hembra es mala
Ellas asesinas
La Revancha del Heroe Silencioso
El héroe silencioso
El tesoro de las brujas
Día de los muertos
La fuga del penal de Apatzingán
Las 4 bellas del norte
Monjas narcotraficantes II
Me anda buscando la ley por traficante de drogas
El regreso de Camelia la Chicana
El fantasma de la coca
Todo personal
Por tu maldito dinero
La muerte del judicial
Vengarse matando
Traición Con Traición Se Paga
Death Dealers
Un Asesinato Perfecto
Ahogado el niño se tapa el pozo
Muerto el perro se acabo la rabia
Herencia Homicida
Pueblo sin leyes
Por un vestido de novia
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