FILM DIRECTOR

Emilio Fernández

1904 - 1986

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Emilio "El Indio" Fernández Romo (Spanish: [eˈmiljo feɾˈnandes ˈromo]; 26 March 1904 – 6 August 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best known for his work as director of the film María Candelaria (1944), which won the Palme d'Or award at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emilio Fernández has received more than 496,068 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 33 in 2019). Emilio Fernández is the 366th most popular film director (up from 381st in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 90th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Mexican Film Director.

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  • 3.39

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Emilio Fernández ranks 366 out of 2,041. Before him are Jacques Audiard, Irvin Kershner, Kinji Fukasaku, Walerian Borowczyk, Ladislas Starevich, and Jacques Doillon. After him are Jerzy Hoffman, Veljko Bulajić, Alexander Sokurov, Héctor Babenco, Leos Carax, and Alexandre Astruc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Emilio Fernández ranks 92. Before him are Yevgenia Ginzburg, Valery Chkalov, Hans Hartung, Oskar R. Lange, Edmund Veesenmayer, and Anna Mahler. After him are José Antonio Aguirre, Deng Yingchao, Arshile Gorky, Joseph M. Juran, Mihai Antonescu, and Christopher Isherwood. Among people deceased in 1986, Emilio Fernández ranks 74. Before him are Maurice Duruflé, Lyudmila Rudenko, Sandro Puppo, Elio de Angelis, Cheikh Anta Diop, and Alexandre Tansman. After him are J. Allen Hynek, André Leroi-Gourhan, Aleksandr Akimov, Hermann Gmeiner, John Bagot Glubb, and Elsa Lanchester.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Emilio Fernández ranks 85 out of 729. Before him are Tizoc (1436), Katy Jurado (1924), Jorge Campos (1966), Felipe Calderón (1962), Ernesto Zedillo (1951), and Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada (1948). After him are Enrique Peña Nieto (1966), Adolfo López Mateos (1909), Adolfo de la Huerta (1881), Kiki Camarena (1947), Chimalpopoca (1397), and José Sánchez del Río (1913).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Mexico

Among film directors born in Mexico, Emilio Fernández ranks 4. Before him are Guillermo del Toro (1964), Alejandro González Iñárritu (1963), and Alfonso Cuarón (1961). After him are Arturo Ripstein (1943), Mario Van Peebles (1957), Guillermo Navarro (1955), Rodrigo Prieto (1965), Jorge Fons (1939), Carlos Reygadas (1971), and Michel Franco (1979).

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Filmography

The Wild Bunch
Director
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
Jun 19o 19697.595 / 10
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Director
An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
Aug 1o 19747.048 / 10
Return of the Seven
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Chico one of the remaining members of The Magnificent Seven now lives in the town that they (The Seven) helped. One day someone comes and takes most of the men prisoner. His wife seeks out Chris, the leader of The Seven for help. Chris also meets Vin another member of The Seven. They find four other men and they go to help Chico.
Oct 19o 19666.2 / 10