Benito Alazraki
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 27, 1921
- Died
- June 7, 2007 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Mexico, D.F., Mexico
Biography
Benito Alazraki (27 October 1921 – 6 June 2007) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter whose career spanned commercial features, documentary work, and genre cinema. He founded Panamerican Films, produced and co-wrote the script for Enamorada (directed by Emilio Fernández), and made a cycle of indigenist documentaries for Teleproducciones led by producer Manuel Barbachano Ponce. His feature debut, Raíces—an episodic adaptation of El diosero by Francisco Rojas González—received the International Critics’ Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and later a special honor from the Ariel Awards. He then moved into commercial filmmaking with titles such as Los amantes and later directed popular genre films including Santo Contra los Zombis and Espiritismo, the latter adapted from The Monkey's Paw. He also produced, wrote, and directed extensive television work in Spain, and on returning to Mexico held senior posts at Canal 13 and CONACINE.
Known For
Filmography
Hasta que los cuernos nos separen
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Yo hice a Roque III
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Objetos sexuales
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Arriba el telón
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El rey de los taxistas
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Alicia en el pais del dolar
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The Ghost of the Lake
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Balún Canán
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Las tres perfectas casadas
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Los jóvenes amantes
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Love Love Love
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The Widow
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Frankenstein, the Vampire and Company
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The Gunslingers
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A ritmo de twist
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Spiritism
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Santo vs. the Zombies
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The Time and the Touch
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El Tigre Negro
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The Curse of the Doll People
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De hombre a hombre
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Amor a balazo limpio
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Con quien andan nuestros locos
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Infierno de almas
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Póker de reinas
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Rebelde Sin Casa
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El toro negro
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The Law of Guns
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La tijera de oro
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Las hermanas Karambazo
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Tin Tan y las modelos
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Peligros de juventud
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Pistolas invencibles
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Café Colón
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El vestido de novia
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Where Are Our Children Going?
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Ladrones de niños
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Los amantes
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Roots
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