Writing
Luis Alcoriza
- Titles
- 88movies
- Career
Active from 1943 to 1996, busiest in 1951 and 1974 with 6 main titles each.
- Directed
- 25titles as director
- Average score
73/100
- Highest rated
The Exterminating Angel88/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.5average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism6.2average 3.3
- Social Commentary7.2average 4.9
- Melancholy6.4average 4.7
- Satire & Parody3.8average 2.3
- Politics3.9average 2.6
- Dark Humor3.9average 2.8
- Pathos6.1average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.1, average 5.4
- Pop Culture0.5, average 2.2
- Fantasy0.4, average 1.7
- Showbiz0.1, average 1.2
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Mexican Cinema 8
- Social Commentary 6
- Class Conflict 5
- Character Study 4
- Social Realism 4
- Classic Comedy 3
- Family Satire 2
- Black Comedy 2
- Golden Age Cinema 2
- Family Dynamics 2
- Classic Cinema 2
- Psychological Thriller 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Carlos SavageEditorThe Exterminating Angel, The Young and the Damned, Robinson Crusoe, The Great Madcap, Él, +17 more
Luis BuñuelWriterThe Exterminating Angel, The Young and the Damned, Death in the Garden, Robinson Crusoe, Fever Mounts at El Pao, +6 more
Janet AlcorizaWriterThe Great Madcap, La Vida No Vale Nada, Una gringuita en México, Living Is What Matters, El ahijado de la muerte, +6 more
Pancho CórdovaActorOmen, Tarahumara (Further and farther), The Gangster, Dangerous Game, Charity, +3 more- JJosé Ortiz RamosCinematographerThe Innocent, El Siete Machos, Three Women in a Bonfire, La Vida No Vale Nada, Huellas del pasado, +3 more
- JJorge BustoEditorEl Siete Machos, The River and Death, Illusion Travels by Streetcar, The Brute, Three Women in a Bonfire, +3 more
Gabriel FigueroaCinematographerThe Exterminating Angel, The Young and the Damned, Fever Mounts at El Pao, Él, At a Lame Pace, +2 more
Antonio BravoActorThe Exterminating Angel, The Innocent, The Great Madcap, Los miserables, The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales, +1 more
Manuel EsperónComposerThe Innocent, El Siete Machos, The Great Madcap, La Vida No Vale Nada, Huellas del pasado, +1 more
Fernando GalianaWriterLove & Sex (Sappho 1963), Divertimento, A Trap for a Corpse, Gitana Tenias Que Ser, Dangerous Game, +1 more
Jaime FernándezActorRobinson Crusoe, The River and Death, The World's Oldest Profession, Tarahumara (Further and farther), Untouched
Francisco JambrinaActorThe Young and the Damned, The Great Madcap, Huellas del pasado, Los miserables, El ahijado de la muerte
Movies and TV shows
872010s
1 title
Original Story
1990s
3 titles
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Dialogue, Director
1980s
8 titles · average score 61
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1970s
15 titles · average score 72
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Adaptation, Story
1960s
18 titles · average score 78
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1950s
30 titles · average score 71
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1940s
12 titles · average score 71
as Alfredo
Adaptation
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as Octavio Maragota
Writer
as Jesús Nazareno
Screenplay
Writer
as Fray Bernardo de Quintavalle
as Héctor de la Falloise (uncredited)
as Juan Prouvaire