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FILM DIRECTOR

Luis Alcoriza

1918 - 1992

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Luis Alcoriza de la Vega (September 5, 1918 – December 3, 1992) was a respected Mexican screenwriter, film director, and actor. Alcoriza was born in Spain and, exiled because of the Spanish Civil War, established himself in Mexico from 1940. His 1962 film Tlayucan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luis Alcoriza has received more than 46,167 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Luis Alcoriza is the 1,119th most popular film director (down from 1,024th in 2019), the 1,497th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,387th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Spanish Film Director.

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  • 16

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  • 3.21

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Luis Alcoriza ranks 1,119 out of 1,581Before him are Barry Ackroyd, Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, Pilar Miró, Simon West, Dariusz Wolski, and Alan Ball. After him are Liviu Ciulei, Barbara Hammer, John Musker, Peter Berg, Richard Rush, and Rodrigo García.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Luis Alcoriza ranks 218Before him are Anne Stine Ingstad, Kumar Pallana, Madeleine L'Engle, Vicente de la Mata, Yevgeniya Sechenova, and Hans Berglund. After him are Gunder Hägg, Renée Faure, Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza, Mahmoud Namjoo, Donald Regan, and Yelizaveta Chaikina. Among people deceased in 1992, Luis Alcoriza ranks 195Before him are Andor Földes, George Adams, Zoltán Lajos Bay, Brenda Marshall, Luigi Marchisio, and Jan Flinterman. After him are Per Olof Sundman, Sabiha Bengütaş, Neville Brand, Bep van Klaveren, Gino Rossetti, and Bo Lindman.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Luis Alcoriza ranks 1,497 out of 2,932Before him are Braulio Rodríguez Plaza (1944), Pilar Miró (1940), Toni Nadal (1961), José Antonio Pavón Jiménez (1754), José Luis Mendilibar (1961), and Ángel Arocha (1907). After him are Carlos Sastre (1975), Eduardo Noriega (1973), Terele Pávez (1939), Sito Pons (1959), Antonio Gamoneda (1931), and Enrique Jardiel Poncela (1901).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Spain

Among film directors born in Spain, Luis Alcoriza ranks 21Before him are Julio Medem (1958), Fernando Trueba (1955), Jaume Collet-Serra (1974), Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi (1927), Antonio Mercero (1936), and Pilar Miró (1940). After him are José Luis Garci (1944), J. A. Bayona (1975), José Luis Cuerda (1947), Jaume Balagueró (1968), Fernando León de Aranoa (1968), and Montxo Armendáriz (1949).

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