Biography
Gonzalo Gavira (October 30, 1925 – January 9, 2005) was a Mexican film sound technician. He is known for being part of the team that won an Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for the 1973 film The Exorcist. Gavira worked on at least 60 films in Mexico and elsewhere, including Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966), Alejandro Jodorowsky's El Topo (1970), and the disaster film The Towering Inferno (1974).While working in the United States, Gavira had an assistant named Ruben C. Bustamante, whom Gavira referred to as invaluable. In 1975, Gavira was awarded the Silver Ariel, which is the highest award that can be received from Mexican theatre. Mexican film actor Cantinflas classified Gavira as a genius. Gavira died in 2005 from circulation problems.
Filmography
all 63
Movies 63
Creator 1
The Eighth Day of Creation (2003)
Los cómplices del infierno (1995)
Mecánica Mexicana (1995)
Death Dealers (1995)
Policía Salvaje (1993)
El Fiscal De Hierro 3 (1992)
Me alquilo por amor (1990)
Programado para morir (1989)
Al margen de la ley (1989)
Un macho en el hotel (1989)
Apuesta con la muerte (1989)
Solicito marido para engañar (1988)
Duro y Parejo en La Casita del Pecado (1987)
Casos de Alarma (1986)
Forbidden Beach (1985)
Perico el de los palotes (1984)
Sexo contra sexo (1983)
El sexo de los pobres (1983)
Fieras en brama (1983)
With a Borrowed Body (1983)
Silencio Asesino (1983)
El barrendero (1982)
Al cabo qué ni quería (1982)
San Juan de Dios es Jalisco (1982)
El Cain del bajio (1981)
La leyenda de Rodrígo (1981)
El sexo sentido (1981)
Visita al pasado (1981)
The Dracula Dynasty (1980)
Vivir para amar (1980)
El sexo me da risa (1979)
A Rat in the Darkness (1979)
The Enemy Sister (1979)
Los Reyes del Palenque (1979)
Hot Snake (1978)
Alucarda (1977)
El ministro y yo (1976)
Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)
The Pact (1976)
Pink Zone (1976)
Celestina (1976)
The Intruder (1975)
The Devil's Woman (1974)
Conserje en Condominio (1974)
The Holy Mountain (1973)
The Mansion of Madness (1973)
La satánica (1973)
Las cautivas (1973)
El profe (1971)
El Topo (1970)
Por mis pistolas (1968)
El señor doctor (1965)
El padrecito (1964)
Macario (1960)
Nazarin (1959)
Torero! (1957)
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)
Mexican Bus Ride (1952)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1925-10-31
Deathday2005-01-09 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceMexico City, Mexico
CitizenshipsMexico
AwardsGolden Ariel
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