Director

Benito Alazraki

Directing

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Directed movies: 29Directed series: 0All crew credits: 34

TMDB ID: 31587

IMDb ID: nm0016136

Known for: Directing

Born: October 27, 1921

Died: June 7, 2007

Age: 85

Place of birth: Mexico, D.F., Mexico

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1946 - 1995

Years active: 50

Average TMDB rating: 6.64

Wikidata: Q2895940

Also known as

Benito Alazraki Algranti • Бенито Алазраки

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Director (29)Producer (2)Adaptation (1)Screenplay (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

Benito Alazraki (27 October 1921 – 6 June 2007) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter whose career spanned commercial features, documentary work, and genre cinema. He founded Panamerican Films, produced and co-wrote the script for Enamorada (directed by Emilio Fernández), and made a cycle of indigenist documentaries for Teleproducciones led by producer Manuel Barbachano Ponce. His feature debut, Raíces—an episodic adaptation of El diosero by Francisco Rojas González—received the International Critics’ Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and later a special honor from the Ariel Awards. He then moved into commercial filmmaking with titles such as Los amantes and later directed popular genre films including Santo Contra los Zombis and Espiritismo, the latter adapted from The Monkey's Paw. He also produced, wrote, and directed extensive television work in Spain, and on returning to Mexico held senior posts at Canal 13 and CONACINE.