Roberto Gavaldón

Mexican film director and screenwriter (1909–1986)

0.19body-of-work score · ranked #2180 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
June 7, 1909 · Jiménez Municipality
Died
September 4, 1986 · Mexico City
Nationality
Mexico
Work
film director, screenwriter, television actor, actor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1

    1960 · Mexico · drama

    Letterboxd Top 250 #233

    0.191 citation

Complete filmography

All 41 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1935Celos
  • 1942El baisano Jalil
  • 1942El Conde de Montecristo
  • 1944Nana
  • 1945The Shack
  • 1946La Otra
  • 1946Rayando el sol
  • 1946The Associate
  • 1947The Kneeling Goddess
  • 1947The Private Life of Mark Antony and Cleopatra
  • 1948Adventures of Casanova
  • 1950Deseada
  • 1950La casa chica
  • 1950Rosauro Castro
  • 1951In the Palm of Your Hand
  • 1951Mi vida por la tuya
  • 1952Soledad's Shawl
  • 1952The Night Falls
  • 1953Las Tres perfectas casadas
  • 1953Remember to Live
  • 1953The Boy and the Fog
  • 1954Camelia
  • 1954Sombra verde
  • 1955The Littlest Outlaw
  • 1956The Hidden One
  • 1958Aquí está Heraclio Bernal
  • 1958Ash Wednesday
  • 1959Beyond All Limits
  • 1960Macario
  • 1961Rosa Blanca
  • 1963Autumn Days
  • 1964The Golden Cockerel
  • 1969Las Figuras de arena
  • 1970La vida inútil de Pito Pérez
  • 1971Doña Macabra
  • 1973Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo
  • 1974La madrastra
  • 1976El hombre de los hongos
  • 1977Cuando tejen las arañas
  • After the Storm
  • The Shadow of the Bridge