Zacarías Gómez Urquiza

Zacarías Gómez Urquiza

Known for

Directing

Born

November 5, 1905

Birthplace

Mexico City, Mexico

Died

September 10, 1982 (aged 76)

Biography

Zacarías Gómez Urquiza was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and assistant director whose career spanned more than three decades during the Golden Age and later years of Mexican cinema. After beginning as a script supervisor and assistant director in the early 1940s, he made his directorial debut in 1950 and went on to direct 40 films across a wide range of genres, including crime, melodrama, westerns, and adventure.

Best known work

Enamorada
Enamorada
1946
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
1947
A Family Like Many Others
A Family Like Many Others
1949
El derecho de nacer
El derecho de nacer
1952
Kid Tabaco
Kid Tabaco
1955
Bugambilia
Bugambilia
1945
When the Children are Gone
When the Children are Gone
1941
Bajo el Ardiente Sol
Bajo el Ardiente Sol
1971
No matarás
No matarás
1943
México de mis recuerdos
México de mis recuerdos
1944

Filmography

  1. 1974

    Wild Wind

    Director

  2. 1973

    Cumbia

    Director, Screenstory

  3. 1971

    Bajo el Ardiente Sol

    Director, Screenplay

  4. 1971

  5. 1967

  6. 1966

  7. 1966

  8. 1966

  9. 1965

  10. 1965

  11. 1965

  12. 1965

    El rescate

    Director

  13. 1964

  14. 1964

  15. 1963

  16. 1963

    Tesoro de mentiras

    Director, Writer

  17. 1962

  18. 1962

  19. 1962

  20. 1962

  21. 1962

    Thursday night

    Director, Screenplay

  22. 1961

  23. 1960

  24. 1960

  25. 1960

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