Felipe Cazals
Producer, Director, Writer, Actor
July 28, 1937 — October 16, 2021 (84 years)
Felipe Cazals (July 28th, 1937 - October 16th, 2021) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer.
Along with Arturo Ripstein, Jaime Humberto Hermosillo and Jorfe Fons, he is considered one of the most representative film directors of his generation. His masterworks The Humilliated (Las inocentes, 1986), Las Poquianchis (1976), The Heist (El Apando, 1976) and Canoa (1976), make him to be considered as one of the most creative and bitter-critic filmmaker in the history of Latin-American movies.
Canoa was entered into the26th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize. His 1973 film Thoe Years (Aquellos Años, 1974) was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.
Along with Arturo Ripstein, Jaime Humberto Hermosillo and Jorfe Fons, he is considered one of the most representative film directors of his generation. His masterworks The Humilliated (Las inocentes, 1986), Las Poquianchis (1976), The Heist (El Apando, 1976) and Canoa (1976), make him to be considered as one of the most creative and bitter-critic filmmaker in the history of Latin-American movies.
Canoa was entered into the26th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize. His 1973 film Thoe Years (Aquellos Años, 1974) was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.
Known For
Filmography
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| 2004 | Duck Season · as Consulting Producer |
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| 2005 | Las vueltas del citrillo · as Screenplay |
| 2004 | Digna. Hasta el último aliento · as Screenplay |
| 2001 | His Most Serene Highness · as Screenplay |
| 1992 | Kino · as Screenplay |
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| 1991 | Movie Days · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1991 | Bandits · as General |
| 1972 | Aquellos años · as Senador Cap. Morgan |
| 1969 | Familiarities · as Salesman |
| 1969 | The Olympics in Mexico · as Assistant Director |
| 1968 | The Apple of Discord · as Cinematographer |