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Emilio Fernández

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Emilio "El Indio" Fernández (born Emilio Fernández Romo, March 26, 1904 – August 6, 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best known for his work as director of the film Maria Candelaria, which won the Palme d'Or award at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. As an actor, he worked in numerous film productions of Mexico and also in Hollywood.

26-03-1903

Birthday

Aries

Zodiac Sign

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Genres

75

Total Films

Emilio Fernández Romo, Emilio 'El Indio' Fernandez, Emilio Fernandez, Emilio 'Indio' Fernandez

Also known as (male)

Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico

Place of Birth

Popular works

Creative career

actor

75 Works

producer

4 Works

director

84 Works

writer

37 Works

other

2 Works

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist whose genius and inner demons changed the Western genre forever.
7.3

Year:

2004

Arriba Michoacán

Arriba Michoacán

The two largest ranches in a small town are operated entirely by women, because their menfolk have all emigrated. Seceral of the younger women have boyfriend troubles, and all the women band together to vote their own representative into City Hall as Mayor.
5.0

Year:

1987

Lovers of the Lord of the Night

Lovers of the Lord of the Night

Venusita falls in love with the son of a wealthy family whose mother sends her son off to the United States in order to keep the two apart. Not to be rejected so easily, Venusita visits Saurina the sorceress who comes up with a spell that kills off the merchant and zaps the son back home, but Venusita's problems are far from over.
4.4

Year:

1986

Ahora mis pistolas hablan

Ahora mis pistolas hablan

A man has his tongue cut out by bad guys, later tracks them all down, and kills them one by one.
5.0

Year:

1986

Treasure of the Amazon

Treasure of the Amazon

An adventurer and his buddies race a former Nazi and others to diamonds in the South American jungle.
4.5

Year:

1985

Notes from Under the Volcano

Notes from Under the Volcano

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of John Huston's "Under the Volcano" (1984).
0.0

Year:

1984

Observations Under the Volcano

Observations Under the Volcano

Documentary on the making of the movie Under the Volcano.
2.0

Year:

1984

Under the Volcano

Under the Volcano

Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.
6.5

Year:

1984

Lola the Truck Driver

Lola the Truck Driver

Lola finds herself into the world of violence and drug trafficking when her father is murdered for refusing to put his truck to the service of a powerful cartel, with protections at high police levels. Knowing the local officials will not serve out justice, she takes matters into her own hands. Armed with a machine gun, she'll attempt to get revenge by her own hands - but the enemy has more firepower than her.
6.0

Year:

1983

Cinématon XIX

Cinématon XIX

Reel 19 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.
0.0

Year:

1982

Las cabareteras

Las cabareteras

Power-struggles between gangsters over ownership/control of a strip club.
4.5

Year:

1980

Erótica

Erótica

Two men commit a robbery. One is caught but the other escapes. He ends his escape on a lonely and deserted beach where he meets a beautiful woman named Erótica. They start a passionate love affair that is interrupted when the other con man escapes from prison and joins them. A sexual/sentimental love triangle begins leading to a violent confrontation between the two men.
6.5

Year:

1979

Pink Zone

Pink Zone

In a whorehouse in Acapulco, lives Leonor, a young and beautiful woman who is awaiting to reunite with an old lover. Suddenly, the man reappears to take her away from her life of vice. But the debt owed by Leonor to the "Madame" of the house causes a series of conflicts.
3.1

Year:

1976

Political Asylum

Political Asylum

After assassinating a government official, guerrilla takes refuge in a foreign embassy. Tense standoff ensues.
5.0

Year:

1975

Breakout

Breakout

A bush pilot is hired for $50,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.
6.3

Year:

1975

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
7.1

Year:

1974

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
7.2

Year:

1973

El rincón de las vírgenes

El rincón de las vírgenes

"Faith-healer" develops a cult-like following in 1920s Jalisco.
5.4

Year:

1972

The Enemy Blood

The Enemy Blood

A group of people suffering from mental retardation, blindness and physical malformations work in a traveling circus.
6.8

Year:

1971

La Chamuscada

La Chamuscada

A sharecropper and his daughter, a swarthy beauty, flee from the hacienda on which they live and join the Mexican Revolution.
6.0

Year:

1971

The Phantom Gunslinger

The Phantom Gunslinger

The Phantom Gunslinger is set in the town of "Tucca Flats." The peaceful life of the town is disrupted by the arrival of a gang of bandits, including Algernon, Big Sam, Cookie, and some others. The sheriff leaves town, but not before naming Bill as his successor. Bill, unfortunately, doesn't carry or even know how to use a gun, and the outlaws take over Tucca Flats. But with the help of some Indians, a suit of armor, and springs on his shoes, Bill manages to run the gang out of town.
4.6

Year:

1970

Duelo en El Dorado

Duelo en El Dorado

Saloon-owner's a hard guy and none too law-abiding; his twelve year old son comes to live with him and he starts changing his ways... but his past is likely to catch up with him.
5.0

Year:

1969

The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
7.6

Year:

1969

The Smugglers

The Smugglers

A woman and her stepdaughter attempt to sneak a few souvenirs past customs and inadvertently become the couriers for an international smuggling ring.
4.8

Year:

1968

El caudillo

El caudillo

A new recruit rises through the ranks of Pancho Villa's army as his leadership skills become apparent.
5.6

Year:

1968

El Silencioso

El Silencioso

Taciturn gunslinger 'helps out' a widow lady under siege from bad guys.
6.0

Year:

1967

Un dorado de Pancho Villa

Un dorado de Pancho Villa

Villa's regiment demobilizes at the end of the Revolution, but the ruling faction in the provisional government isn't eager to see them reintegrate into civilian society.
6.1

Year:

1967

The War Wagon

The War Wagon

An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.
6.8

Year:

1967

Hard Breed to Kill

Hard Breed to Kill

A band of outlaws appear out of nowhere on a ranchers property and viciously shoot him down. They steal what they can from his ranch and kidnap his wife. They make for the Mexican border, but something starts stalking them. From: Exploitation.TV
5.1

Year:

1967

A Covenant with Death

A Covenant with Death

An innocent man is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, but as he's about to be hanged he accidentally kills his executioner. He now faces a new trial, presided over by a young and inexperienced judge.
5.0

Year:

1967

Return of the Seven

Return of the Seven

Chico one of the remaining members of The Magnificent Seven now lives in the town that they (The Seven) helped. One day someone comes and takes most of the men prisoner. His wife seeks out Chris, the leader of The Seven for help. Chris also meets Vin another member of The Seven. They find four other men and they go to help Chico.
6.2

Year:

1966

Los malvados

Los malvados

Four amoral drifters team up to retrieve a cache of gold coins from its hiding place.
5.0

Year:

1966

The Appaloosa

The Appaloosa

A man tries to recover a horse stolen from him by a Mexican bandit.
6.2

Year:

1966

Duelo de pistoleros

Duelo de pistoleros

Four expert marksmen compete in a target shooting competition. Each has a back-story that explains why he really really really needs the prize money.
5.0

Year:

1966

La recta final

La recta final

A jockey is pushed by his former trainer, in order to win one last race after his downfall into alcohol and depression.
5.0

Year:

1966

Un callejón sin salida

Un callejón sin salida

A shady character takes over as owner/manager of a nightclub, conflicts evolve.
5.6

Year:

1965

La conquista de El Dorado

La conquista de El Dorado

A new Judge and Sheriff, plus support staff, come to town to clean up El Dorado's lawless ways.
5.0

Year:

1965

The Reward

The Reward

A crash-landed crop-duster betrays a fugitive and his girlfriend to Mexican bounty hunters.
5.7

Year:

1965

Los hermanos Muerte

Los hermanos Muerte

Woman swears to avenge her brother's murder.. Then she falls in love with the murderer, before discovering that he's the one.
5.2

Year:

1965

Yo, el valiente

Yo, el valiente

A young man wants to create a reputation for himself as a gunslinger; an older mentor tries to warn him that he's making life decisions he'll regret and never be able to undo.
5.0

Year:

1964

The Night of the Iguana

The Night of the Iguana

A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.
7.2

Year:

1964

El revólver sangriento

El revólver sangriento

Follows an "unlucky" gun across the paths of five owners.
5.2

Year:

1964

Wounded Dove

Wounded Dove

The story of a native Mexican who wants to kill a man.
6.0

Year:

1963

La Bandida

La Bandida

During a lull in the Mexican Revolution when Francisco Madero became president and attempted to implement land reforms, two former revolutionaries are pitted against each other for the love of the same woman.
4.6

Year:

1963

Little Town

Little Town

Reactionary local "Big Daddy" tries to prevent a school being built in his district.
6.0

Year:

1962

My Son, the Hero

My Son, the Hero

Northern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reynaldo and Martín, whose mother instills in them the need for revenge.
8.1

Year:

1961

La Cucaracha

La Cucaracha

The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom fighters: a colonel, a widow, and a fiery female soldier.
6.1

Year:

1959

Wild Flower

Wild Flower

The film features Fernandez himself as a character named Rogellio Torres. The lion's share of the footage, however, is devoted to the romance between Esperanza, granddaughter of a common laborer, and Jose Luis Castro, the firebrand son of a landowner. Joining a revolutionary movements, Castro is disowned by his father, but Esperanza remains loyally by his side. Later on, Castro's father is killed by outlaws; in seeking vengeance, he sacrifices his own life, while Esperanza carries on his revolutionary work with their young son in tow.
6.4

Year:

1943

Passion Island

Passion Island

1909, a detachment of the Mexican army commanded by Captain Allende moves to Clipperton, also called the Island of the Passion, in the Pacific. After the outbreak of the revolution, the island becomes administered by the government of France, events that in principle go unnoticed by the islanders.
4.0

Year:

1942

Rancho Alegre

Rancho Alegre

Proud old family's hacienda is falling into decay, and the oldest son has to come back from college to set things aright... or does he have other plans?
5.0

Year:

1941

El Zorro de Jalisco

El Zorro de Jalisco

Isabel, the daughter of Don Antonio; a rich land owner in Tepestates, Jalisco returns to her town after five years away, to visit her father. She is confronted by the unpleasant surprise that her dad has been assassinated by the malicious municiple government, which has the whole town in a clutch of terror. "An excellent sharp-shooter is worth more here, than a good lawyer..." This phrase inspires lawyer Leonardo Torres to convert himself into a guardian of justice, who will defend the right of the weak against tyranny. Nobody would ever guess that the "timid" lawyer is in reality none other than the dreadful "Zorro of Jalisco."
4.5

Year:

1941

El charro Negro

El charro Negro

Masked cowboy avenger in the style of The Lone Ranger, first film in a series of four.
4.6

Year:

1940

The Underdogs

The Underdogs

During the Mexican Revolution, the people tired of living in poverty and enduring the atrocities committed by the federals, decide to follow one of their own, General Demetrio Macias, a thief with tricks he learned in jail and who along with "La Pintada" decides to take his people to victory. Led by Captain Anastacio Montañez, the newly formed army fight and honor their code at the same time as they loot houses to spread the wealth.
5.7

Year:

1940

Con Los Dorados De Villa

Con Los Dorados De Villa

Three of Villa's soldiers 'adopt' the orphaned daughter of a friend who was killed in battle.
5.5

Year:

1939

Juan sin miedo

Juan sin miedo

Young man goes on the run after being falsely accused of killing his girlfriend's father.
5.3

Year:

1938

Las mujeres mandan

Las mujeres mandan

Aging bank-teller gets mixed up with a nightclub singer.
3.7

Year:

1937

Almas rebeldes

Almas rebeldes

Mexican Revolution: a small squadron of insurgents are chosen to trek to US border and pick up an arms shipment.
5.5

Year:

1937

Las cuatro milpas

Las cuatro milpas

Bad dude tries to make time with a good dude's fiancée. When he can't get anywhere with her, he and his sidekick frame the good dude for a murder and a bunch of thefts.
5.0

Year:

1937

Adios Nicanor

Adios Nicanor

Romantic triangles, jealousy and duels on horseback at a hacienda.
5.5

Year:

1937

The Super Madman

The Super Madman

Mad scientist, a neanderthal and a drunk makes a crazy combination.
4.5

Year:

1937

The Imposter

The Imposter

5.0

Year:

1937

Allá en el Rancho Grande

Allá en el Rancho Grande

Two good friends — the owner and general manager of a ranch — fall in love with the same girl at the same time. The owner tries to 'buy' the girl without knowing she is in love with the manager.
5.3

Year:

1936

Marihuana El Monstruo Verde

Marihuana El Monstruo Verde

Policeman goes undercover to bust drug-smuggling ring.
5.0

Year:

1936

Celos

Celos

Irrational jealousy blossoms into full-blown psychosis.
3.7

Year:

1936

Janitzio

Janitzio

First all Mexican sound film. Story is based on the ancient customs and legends of the fisherfolk as they come into conflict with the exploitation of agents sent by "big business" from the cities.
5.8

Year:

1935

Cruz Diablo

Cruz Diablo

16th-century swashbuckler; evil nobleman usurps another man's title and properties and forces his daughter to marry a political ally. But Cruz Diablo will have revenge!
5.3

Year:

1934

Flying Down to Rio

Flying Down to Rio

A dance band leader finds love and success in Brazil.
6.2

Year:

1933

The Western Code

The Western Code

When Tim Barrett rides into Carabinas, his reputation as a lawman precedes him. Rescuing Polly Loomis from the unwanted attentions of a saloon ruffian, he learns her mother married ranch foreman Nick Grindel shortly before her death, and left everything to him in her will. Nick has proposed marriage to his stepdaughter, and she fears violence if her hot-blooded brother Dick finds out. When a body is found at the Bow Knot, Tim barely rescues Dick from a necktie party and is deputized to investigate when Dick confesses to a crime he didn't commit.
0.0

Year:

1932

The Sunrise Trail

The Sunrise Trail

Working under cover, Tex goes south of the border and joins Rand's gang where he befriends gang member Kansas. He plans to lead the gang into the Sheriff's trap, but hopes to spare his new friend.
3.0

Year:

1931

The Land of Missing Men

The Land of Missing Men

Steve O'Neil robs the stage and kidnaps Nita to keep Lopez from doing the same. Then he and Buckshot head for Lopez's hideout for a showdown. The townspeople head after them not knowing what they will find.
4.0

Year:

1930