Ismael Rodríguez Ruelas (October 19, 1917 – August 7, 2004) was an acclaimed Mexican film director. Rodríguez directed many major stars, including Pedro Infante, Dolores del Río, María Félix, and even Toshiro Mifune, the favorite actor of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, as a Mexican Indian in the film Ánimas Trujano (1961). This film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Rodríguez's most renowned international film is Tizoc, in which Pedro Infante-who starred alongside Maria Felix -received a Golden Globe nomination for best actor. For this role, Infante won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Pedro Infante died in a plane crash. on April 15, 1957, before receiving the award. When Ismael Rodriguez asked Pedro's mother to keep the Silver Bear, she refused to accept it. Instead she told Rodriguez that because He had "made" Pedro Infante, deserved to keep the statue. He humbly did. Rodriguez, not only worked with the best of Mexican and international actors, he made some of the most memorable movies of the time.
A brilliant writer/director.
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Animas Trujano is a colorful but irresponsible Indian in a small Mexican village. He hopes above all...
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A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering ...
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Tizoc wishes to eat a chicken by himself and have his own piñata. At Christmas his father Carmelo gr...
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mi niño Tizoc (1972) | Director / Writer | 3 | |
| 2 | The Door and the Butcher's Wife (1969) | Director / Writer | 4 | |
| 3 | The Important Man (1961) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
| 4 | My Son, the Hero (1961) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
| 5 | Tizoc (1957) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 6 | The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956) | Director / Writer | 4 | |
| 7 | Dos tipos de cuidado (1953) | Director / Writer | 4.5 | |
| 8 | Pepe El Toro (1953) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 9 | Over the Waves (1950) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 10 | No desearás la mujer de tu hijo (1950) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 11 | The Black Sheep (1949) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 12 | We the Poor (1948) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 13 | You the Rich (1948) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 14 | Los tres huastecos (1948) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 15 | The Three Garcías (1947) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 16 | Vuelven los García (1947) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 17 | ¡Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra! (1943) | Director / Writer | 2 | |
| 18 | Santa (1932) | - | 3 |

