Felipe Cazals

Biography

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.

Known for

Canoa: A Shameful Memory

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
1979	Crónica íntima
1974	Those Years	Senador Cap. Morgan
1969	Familiarities	Salesman
1953	The Oscars	Self (archive footage)

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2013	Citizen Buelna	Director
2013	Citizen Buelna	Producer
2013	Citizen Buelna	Writer
2010	Chicogrande	Director
2010	Chicogrande	Writer
2006	The Citrillo's Turn	Screenplay
2006	The Citrillo's Turn	Director
2004	Duck Season	Consulting Producer
2004	Digna: Worthy to Her Last Breath	Screenplay
2004	Digna: Worthy to Her Last Breath	Director
2000	His Most Serene Highness	Director
2000	His Most Serene Highness	Screenplay
1999	Herod's Law	Thanks
1993	Kino: The Legend of the Black Priest	Screenplay
1993	Kino: The Legend of the Black Priest	Director
1991	Love Bubbles	Director
1991	Undressed and Unruly	Director
1988	The Wrath of a God	Director
1986	The Humiliated	Director
1986	Three of Cups	Director
1985	Luz's Motives	Director
1985	Dulce espiritu	Director
1983	Under the Shrapnel	Director
1981	The Seven Cucas	Director
1981	The Great Victory	Director
1980	Rigo is Love	Director
1978	The Year of the Plague	Producer
1978	The Year of the Plague	Director
1978	La Güera Rodríguez	Director
1976	Canoa: A Shameful Memory	Director
1976	Las Poquianchis	Director
1976	The Heist	Director
1974	Those Years	Writer
1974	Those Years	Director
1974	Those Who Live Where the Soft Wind Blows	Director
1974	Those Who Live Where the Soft Wind Blows	Writer
1972	Aunt Isabel's Garden	Director
1970	Emiliano Zapata	Director
1969	Familiarities	Writer
1969	Familiarities	Producer
1969	Familiarities	Director
1968	The Apple of Discord	Producer
1968	The Apple of Discord	Writer
1968	The Apple of Discord	Cinematography
1968	The Apple of Discord	Director
1965	Leonora Carrington or The Ironic Spell	Director
1965	Que se callen...	Director