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Felipe Cazals

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Directed movies: 22Directed series: 0All crew credits: 32

TMDB ID: 974555

IMDb ID: nm0147356

Known for: Directing

Born: July 28, 1937

Died: October 16, 2021

Age: 84

Place of birth: Mexico City, Mexico

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1965 - 2013

Years active: 49

Average TMDB rating: 7.01

Wikidata: Q3068124

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Biography

Felipe Cazals (July 28th, 1937 - October 16th, 2021) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer. Along with Arturo Ripstein, Jaime Humberto Hermosillo and Jorfe Fons, he is considered one of the most representative film directors of his generation. His masterworks The Humilliated (Las inocentes, 1986), Las Poquianchis (1976), The Heist (El Apando, 1976) and Canoa (1976), make him to be considered as one of the most creative and bitter-critic filmmaker in the history of Latin-American movies. Canoa was entered into the26th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize. His 1973 film Thoe Years (Aquellos Años, 1974) was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.

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