Luis Alcoriza
Luis Alcoriza de la Vega ( born September 5, 1918 in Badajoz, Spain, † December 3, 1992 in Cuernavaca, Mexico) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter of Spanish origin. He wrote the screenplays for over 80 films and directed about 20 itself
Biography
He was born the son of stage actors in Spain. During the Spanish Civil War, the family emigrated to Mexico, where he worked from 1940 in the movie. Initially, he worked primarily as an actor and portrayed as such, for example, Jesus Christ in Miguel Contreras Torres ' film biography of Mary Magdalene from the year 1946 and also under the direction of Contreras Torres, Reina de reinas: La Virgen María from the year 1949.
In 1946 Alcoriza to write screenplays. At this time he married actress Raquel Rojas (later Janet Alcoriza ), with whom he remained married until his death, and with whom he most of his screenplays authored in the subsequent period. Best known is the collaboration with the director Luis Buñuel. Alcoriza wrote from 1949 to 1962 the templates to ten of his films. For The Forgotten 1951 he won the Premio Ariel. Other directors with whom he worked as a scriptwriter, are about Miguel M. Delgado, Rafael Baledón and Julián Soler.
Was published in 1961 with Los Jóvenes his first work as a director. It was followed by numerous other films and his work as a screenwriter, he focused after that at his own directorial work. The Miracle of Tlayucan about a poor village in Mexico and Divided was nominated for the Academy Awards in 1963 as " Best Foreign Language Film ". Tarahumara in 1966 was nominated for a Golden Globe. Alcorizas films were shown for example in competition at the International Film Festival in Cannes, the International Film Festival, the Moscow International Film Festival and the Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia- San Sebastián.
In the 1970s, he created films like Mecánica nacional (1972 ), together with Gabriel García Márquez Presagio (1974 ), and the politics satire Las fuerzas vivas (1975). The death of Francisco Franco was for him the occasion, in Spain the movies tac- tac (1982) and, based on a novel by Miguel Delibes, La Sombra del it ciprés alargada (1990 ) to turn. For Lo que importa it vivir he won the 1988 Goya.
In 1990 he was honored with the award of the Premio Ariel with a special prize. After his death in 1992 was honored him, also at the Premio Ariel Awards, the Salvador Toscano Medal.