Juan Bustillo Oro

Juan Bustillo Oro ( born June 2, 1904 in Mexico City, † June 10, 1989 in Mexico City) was a Mexican film director, editor, screenwriter and film producer. He participated in the early phase and in the Golden Age of Mexican film.

Life

Juan Bustillo Oro studied law, literature, drama and journalism. He was a follower of José Vasconcelos. Earlier in his career he wrote plays, he founded together with Mauricio Magdaleno own theater. Then he switched to film. 1927 Oro had his debut with the silent film Yo soy tu padre, in which he still strongly drew on conventions of theater. As a result, he declined the offer to film a theater piece, so that the film Tiburón was realized in 1933 by Ramón Peon. Likewise, Juan Bustillo Oro rest from El compadre Mendoza to rotate, with the Fernando de Fuentes should have success.

Juan Bustillo Oro 1934 turned with Dos Monje his first sound film. In this he attacked the German expressionism with light, music, sets and costumes. He put that style in the following year again in El misterio del rostro pálido to, but with a not so convincing effect. Also in 1935 Juan Bustillo Oro turned Monja casada i, i Martir, in which he rezipierte elements from Fernando de Fuentes Cruz Diablo virgen. In the follow, he turned more movies with respect to Mexico. As de Fuentes and Juan Bustillo Oro Arcady Boytler linked the needs of economically successful films with artistic merit. He lay down on pretty much on melodrama and family histories determined that presented a nostalgic look at the past, which is why they were provided with the label " nostalgia Porfiriana ". Juan Bustillo Oro in 1951 was nominated for the Premio Ariel silver for the screenplay of Vino y el remolino nos alevantó the price but not received. His last film he made in 1965, after he published several plays and books related to the movie and to his own person. Juan Bustillo Oro in 1985 was awarded the Salvador Toscano medal.

Filmography

As a director:

As an editor: