
Biography
Manuel Fontanals (1893–1972) was a Catalonian Spanish-born art director who settled and worked in Mexico during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
Filmography
All 125
Movies 125
Set Decoration

Castle of Purity (1973)
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National Mechanics (1972)
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Art Direction

Aunt Isabel's Garden (1972)
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ProductionDesigner

Chanoc vs. the Tiger and the Vampire (1972)
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Rosario (1971)
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El profe (1971)
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Narda o el verano (1970)
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Shark (1969)
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Un Quijote sin mancha (1969)
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Memories of the Future (1969)
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Art Direction

The Big Cube (1969)
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Art Direction

The Chinese Room (1968)
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Corazón salvaje (1968)
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Art Direction / Set Designer

The Devil's Visitations (1968)
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Art Direction

The Scapular (1968)
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Don Juan 67 (1967)
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Pedro Paramo (1967)
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The Right to Be Born (1966)
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The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris (1966)
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Black Wind (1965)
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El señor doctor (1965)
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Los tres calaveras (1965)
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ProductionDesigner

Mi ley es un revólver (1965)
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Escuela para solteras (1965)
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The Golden Cockerel (1964)
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ProductionDesigner

Un padre a toda máquina (1964)
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El Padrecito (1964)
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Agarrando parejo (1964)
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Así amaron nuestros padres (1964)
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De color moreno (1963)
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Cri Cri el Grillito Cantor (1963)
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Juan guerrero (1963)
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Autumn Days (1963)
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Los derechos de los hijos (1963)
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El amor llegó a Jalisco (1963)
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México de mis recuerdos (1963)
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El rey del tomate (1963)
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The Invasion of the Vampires (1963)
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El tejedor de milagros (1962)
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The Bloody Vampire (1962)
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Little Town (1962)
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Cascabelito (1962)
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Juana Gallo (1961)
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The Curse of the Doll People (1961)
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Teresa (1961)
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Los laureles (1961)
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Las tres coquetonas (1960)
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Dos Maridos baratos (1960)
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Quinceañera (1960)
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Art Direction

Macario (1960)
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Born to Love (1959)
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El vestido de novia (1959)
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Una cita de amor (1958)
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Vanilla, Bronze and to Die (1957)
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La Diana cazadora (1957)
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El organillero (1957)
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La culta dama (1957)
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Juventud desenfrenada (1956)
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Adam and Eve (1956)
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Los amantes (1956)
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Unfaithful Wives (1956)
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Una lección de amor (1956)
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Under the influence of fear (1956)
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House of Perdition (1956)
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La fuerza del deseo (1955)
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La sospechosa (1955)
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El plagiario (1955)
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De ranchero a empresario (1954)
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Green Shadow (1954)
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Rebellion of the Hanged (1954)
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The Boy and the Fog (1953)
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Adventure in Rio (1953)
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Quiero vivir (1953)
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Siete mujeres (1953)
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Por qué peca la mujer (1952)
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La noche es nuestra (1952)
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No niego mi pasado (1952)
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Siempre tuya (1952)
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From Can-Can to Mambo (1951)
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La bienamada (1951)
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Las Islas Marias (1951)
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Los amantes (1951)
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Burlada (1951)
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Víctimas del pecado (1951)
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The Adventuress (1950)
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The Mark of the Skunk (1950)
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Production Design / Art Designer

Duelo en las montañas (1950)
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Art Direction

La malquerida (1949)
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Conozco a los dos (1949)
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Pueblerina (1949)
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Maclovia (1948)
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La novia del mar (1948)
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El cuarto mandamiento (1948)
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Bajo el cielo de Sonora (1948)
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Río Escondido (1948)
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The Kneeling Goddess (1947)
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Extraña cita (1947)
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Enamorada (1946)
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Sol y sombra (1946)
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Art Direction

Soy un prófugo (1946)
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Pepita Jimenez (1946)
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Bugambilia (1945)
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Marina (1945)
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Tuya en cuerpo y alma (1945)
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The Secret of the Spinster (1945)
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Gran Hotel (1944)
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El intruso (1944)
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María Eugenia (1943)
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The Spirit's Canyon (1943)
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Art Direction

El hombre de la máscara de hierro (1943)
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Cristóbal Colón (1943)
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Art Direction

Yo bailé con Don Porfirio (1942)
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The Three Musketeers (1942)
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Virgen de medianoche (1942)
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Jesus of Nazareth (1942)
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Mi viuda alegre (1942)
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¿Quién te quiere a tí? (1942)
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Simón Bolívar (1942)
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ProductionDesigner

Dos mexicanos en Sevilla (1942)
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Creo en Dios (1941)
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Noche de recién casados (1941)
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El jefe máximo (1940)
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Production Design

Madre a la fuerza (1940)
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¡Que viene mi marido! (1940)
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Production Design / Art Direction

Miente y serás feliz (1940)
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Ratings
Average 6.18
Based on 19.5 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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Information
Known forArt
GenderMale
Birthday1893-07-26
Deathday1972-09-17 (79 years old)
Place of birthBarcelona, Spain
SiblingsFrancesc Fontanals i Mateu
CitizenshipsSpain
Also known asManuel Fontanals Mateu, Manuel Fontanalls, Manolo Fontanals
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