María Novaro

Biography

María Luisa Novaro Peñaloza (September 11, 1951, in Mexico City), better known as María Novaro, is a Mexican film director. She was among the first generation of female filmmakers to graduate from a film school in Mexico. She has made five feature films and fourteen short films. Within the Mexican film industry, she has been a cinematographer, sound mixer, director, screenwriter and editor. Today, Novaro is one of the best known Mexican filmmakers to come out of the New Mexican Cinema and her films express Millian's idea of cinema in feminine.

Known for

Juarez: The City Where Women Are Disposable

January 1, 2007

Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2016	Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses	Self
2007	Juarez: The City Where Women Are Disposable	Self

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2019	Drawings Against Bullets	Thanks
—	Una isla rodeada de agua	Writer
—	Una isla rodeada de agua	Producer
—	Una isla rodeada de agua	Director
2017	Treasures	Producer
2017	Treasures	Director
2017	Treasures	Writer
2017	Treasures	Editor
2013	Lopez Street	Thanks
2010	The Good Herbs	Director
2010	The Good Herbs	Editor
2010	The Good Herbs	Producer
2010	The Good Herbs	Screenplay
2007	Burn the Bridges	Producer
2001	Without a Trace	Writer
2001	Without a Trace	Director
1998	Entangling Shadows	Director
1994	The Garden of Eden	Editor
1994	The Garden of Eden	Director
1994	The Garden of Eden	Screenplay
1993	Autumn	Director
1991	Danzón	Director
1991	Danzón	Writer
1991	Danzón	Editor
1989	Lola	Director
1989	Lola	Writer
1988	Tales of the City	Director
1988	Tales of the City	Writer