Emilio Fernández

Emilio Fernández

Born 26/03/1904
Hondo, Coahuila, Mexico

Died 06/08/1986 (82 years old)
Mexico City, Mexico

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Mexican director and actor. An officer in the army, his participation in the revolutionary uprising against president Obregón earned him a 20-year prison sentence. Escaping to the United States in 1923, Fernandez worked as an actor in Hollywood. In 1933, he returned to Mexico and directed La Isla de la Pasión (1941). He worked with photographer Gabriel Figueroa. His 1944 film María Candelaria brought him international acclaim as winner of the Palme d’or at the… (more)

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1982

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