Jorge Fons

Jorge Fons Pérez ( born April 23, 1939 in Tuxpan ) is a Mexican film director.

He is one of the film directors of the first generation at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. His short film Caridad (1973 ) is still considered one of the best films of Mexican cinema. His major films include Rojo amanecer ( Roter Morgen, 1989) and Midaq Alley (El de los milagros callejón, 1995). The latter is based on the novel The Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz.