Directed credits
47
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Ismael Rodríguez
Directing
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Directed movies: 47Directed series: 0All crew credits: 74
TMDB ID: 97967
IMDb ID: nm0735879
Known for: Directing
Born: October 19, 1917
Died: August 7, 2004
Age: 86
Place of birth: Mexico City, Mexico
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1932 - 2022
Years active: 91
Average TMDB rating: 7.48
Wikidata: Q2630427
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Director (47)Producer (10)Writer (9)Screenplay (4)Adaptation (1)Cinematography (1)Production Executive (1)Sound Montage Associate (1)
Biography
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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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Ismael Rodríguez.
4.3
Two Kinds of Schemes
Director
1989 Movie
3.2
Solicito marido para engañar
Director
1988 Movie
4.2
Burdel
Director
1982 Movie
7.2
Snow White and Her 7 Lovers
Director
1980 Movie
5.0
El secuestro de los cien millones
Director
1980 Movie
5.5
Ratero
Director
1979 Movie
6.4
Mi niño Tizoc
Director
1972 Movie
5.0
El ogro
Director
1971 Movie
5.0
Trampa para una niña
Director
1971 Movie
4.4
Unethical Behaviour
Director
1970 Movie
7.2
The Door and The Butcher's Wife
Director
1969 Movie
The Butcher’s Wife
Director
1969 Movie
3.2
Cuernos debajo de la cama
Director
1969 Movie
4.8
Autopsy of a Ghost
Director
1968 Movie
6.4
The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall
Director
1965 Movie
5.0
The Mighty Jungle
Director
1964 Movie
6.8
The Paper Man
Director
1963 Movie
6.0
This was Pedro Infante
Director
1963 Movie
4.9
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
Director
1958 Movie
5.1
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
Director
1958 Movie
7.4
Tizoc
Director
1957 Movie
6.5
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
Director
1957 Movie
3.7
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
Director
1956 Movie
4.2
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
Director
1956 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Ismael Rodríguez.
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Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Ismael Rodríguez.
7.4
Tizoc
Director
1957 Movie
5.5
Santa
1932 Movie
8.0
The Important Man
Screenplay
1961 Movie
5.5
Ratero
Director
1979 Movie
Mimí Derba
as Self
2000 Movie
5.0
Corrupción
Producer
1984 Movie
6.4
Mi niño Tizoc
Director
1972 Movie
8.2
Los tres huastecos
Director
1948 Movie
6.3
La Cucaracha
Writer
1959 Movie
7.2
Snow White and Her 7 Lovers
Director
1980 Movie
8.3
Full Spead Ahead
Director
1951 Movie
8.0
The Three Garcías
Director
1947 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Ismael Rodríguez.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Ismael Rodríguez.
6.5
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Cinematography
2022 Movie
5.0
Reclusorio III
Writer
1999 Movie
5.2
Reclusorio
Screenplay
1997 Movie
5.0
Pandilleras
Producer
1994 Movie
6.0
The Scent of Death
Screenplay
1987 Movie
5.0
¡Yerba Sangrienta!
Writer
1986 Movie
5.9
Masacre en el río Tula
Writer
1985 Movie
5.0
Corrupción
Producer
1984 Movie
The Door
Producer
1969 Movie
8.0
Chewing Gum
Writer
1968 Movie
4.6
La Bandida
Producer
1963 Movie
8.0
The Important Man
Screenplay
1961 Movie
7.9
My Son, the Hero
Adaptation
1961 Movie
4.9
To Each His Own Life
Producer
1960 Movie
6.3
La Cucaracha
Writer
1959 Movie
5.5
El gran premio
Producer
1958 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Ismael Rodríguez.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Ismael Rodríguez.
Mimí Derba
as Self
2000 Movie
Alex Phillips: The magic between light and shadow
as self
1998 Movie
El hombre cine mexicano: Pedro Infante, el mito
1994 Movie
6.0
This was Pedro Infante
as Ismael Rodríguez
1963 Movie
8.0
Damned City!
as Paquita's wooer
1954 Movie
6.4
Pepe El Toro
as Paseante (uncredited)
1953 Movie
8.3
Full Spead Ahead
as Hombre que cuelga el telefono (uncredited)
1951 Movie
7.6
You the Rich
as Transeúnte (uncredited)
1948 Movie
5.7
No te engañes corazón
as Empleado oficina (uncredited)
1937 Movie
5.5
Santa
1932 Movie