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Roberto Gavaldón (June 7, 1909 in Jiménez, Chihuahua – September 4, 1986 in Mexico City) was a Mexican film director. Eight of Gavaldón's films were featured on the list 100 Best Movies of the Cinema of Mexico.
Roberto Gavaldón ( Jiménez, Chihuahua; 7 de junio de 1909 - Ciudad de México; 4 de septiembre de 1986) fue un director de cine mexicano . Carrera. Gavaldón fue uno de los principales cineastas de la Época de Oro del cine mexicano (1936-1959).
Roberto Gavaldón (1909-1986) was a prominent and influential filmmaker of the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. He specialized in melodramas, social dramas and historical epics, and won several awards and nominations.
Dec 14, 2016 · Having made his name in the 1940s as a master of noir, Roberto Gavaldón turned in the ’50s to the conflicts and complexes of the male psyche. While melodrama is often defined as a woman’s genre, the tradition of male melodrama – in Hollywood and elsewhere – is surprisingly rich and complex.
Apr 27, 2019 · Camped out somewhere in that landscape is Roberto Gavaldón, the subject of a thirteen-film retrospective now playing at MoMA. Best known for directing urban melodramas that borrowed freely from their northern film noir cousins, Gavaldón was a highly accomplished craftsman.
Apr 30, 2019 · Revueltas, a writer, social critic, and activist who was repeatedly imprisoned for his work with labor and student movements, turned to screenwriting after his early novels Los muros de agua (1941) and Human Mourning (1943) made his name synonymous with Mexico’s politically engaged avant-garde.
Sep 24, 2019 · Un artículo que repasa la trayectoria de Roberto Gavaldón, uno de los grandes directores mexicanos, que fue el primero en competir por el Oscar. La retrospectiva del Zinemaldia recupera su obra, que abarca diversos géneros y estilos.
