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Ismael Rodríguez
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.
As director
Reclusorio III
Fuera de la ley
Reclusorio
Two Kinds of Schemes
Solicito marido para engañar
¡Yerba Sangrienta!
Corrupción
Burdel
Snow White and Her 7 Lovers
El secuestro de los cien millones
Ratero
Nosotros los feos
Mi niño Tizoc
Trampa para una niña
El ogro
Unethical Behaviour
Cuernos debajo de la cama
The Door and the Butcher's Wife
The Butcher’s Wife
Autopsy of a Ghost
Chewing Gum
The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall
The Mighty Jungle
The Paper Man
This was Pedro Infante
The Important Man
My Son, the Hero
La Cucaracha
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
