Gustavo Sáenz de Sicilia

Gustavo Sáenz de Sicilia Olivares (November 25, 1885 – January 15, 1950), was a Mexican silent film director, producer, journalist, civil engineer, and founder of Compañía Nacional Productora de Películas. Sáenz de Sicilia is regarded as an important figure during the silent era of Mexican cinema as well as a key influence for the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Throughout his life, he wrote for Excélsior under the pen name Ingeniero Gallo.A staunch anti-communist, Sáenz de Sicilia was also politically active. He founded the short lived Mexican Fascist Party as well as the far-right Confederation of the Middle Class (Spanish: Confederación de la Clase Media or CCM) organization in the 1920s and 1930s respectively.