Felipe Cazals

Felipe Cazals
Cazals in 2013
Born(1937-07-28)28 July 1937
Died16 October 2021 (age 84)
OccupationFilm director
Awards

Felipe Francisco Enrique Cazals Siena (28 July 1937 – 16 October 2021) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Together with Arturo Ripstein, Cazals was considered in Mexico as 'one of the most representative film directors of his generation'. With his films Las Inocentes (1986), Las Poquianchis (1976), El Apando (1976), and Canoa (1976), he was considered to be one of the most creative and bitter-critical[clarification needed] filmmakers in the history of Latin American movies.

Canoa was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize.

His 1973 film Aquellos años was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.

In 2007 he was awarded the National Prize for Arts in the Fine arts category.

He died on 16 October 2021.

Awards and recognition

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 Caballero, Jorge (17 October 2021). "Adiós a Felipe Cazals, genio del cine mexicano". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 Lazcano, Hugo; Cabrera, Omar (17 October 2021). "¿Quién era el mexicano Felipe Cazals que hoy enluta a todo un país?". Los Angeles Times en Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Berlinale 1976: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  4. ↑ "8th Moscow International Film Festival (1973)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  5. 1 2 Mateos-Vega, Monica (25 January 2008). "Confirmación oficial de ganadores de los Premios Nacionales de Ciencias y Artes". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Muere Felipe Cazals, director fundamental en la historia del cine mexicano". Proceso (in Spanish). 16 October 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "Felipe Cazals". IMDb. Retrieved 20 April 2019.