Biography
Emilio "El Indio" Fernández (born Emilio Fernández Romo, March 26, 1904 – August 6, 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best known for his work as director of the film Maria Candelaria, which won the Palme d'Or award at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. As an actor, he worked in numerous film productions of Mexico and also in Hollywood.
Filmography
all 122
Movies 119
Director 40
TV Shows 3
self 3
Producer 3
Writer 3
Founder of Restaurante Sa Foradada
Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Island Feast (2013)
TV
(archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
Movie
Commander Prieto
The Kidnapping of Lola (1986)
Movie
Don Venustiano
Lovers of the Lord of the Night (1986)
Movie
Tacho / Paco
Treasure of the Amazon (1985)
Movie
Diosdado
Under the Volcano (1984)
Movie
Comandante Prieto
Lola the Truck Driver (1983)
Movie
Hernández / Director / Writer
Erótica (1979)
Movie
Director
México Norte (1979)
Movie
Director / Writer
Pink Zone (1976)
Movie
General Salino
Political Asylum (1975)
Movie
Writer / Director
La Choca (1974)
Movie
Anacleto Morones
El rincón de las vírgenes (1972)
Movie
Victorio
Indio (1972)
Movie
Miguel
Columbo (1971)
TV
5.78
Margarito Herrero
La chamuscada (Tierra y libertad) (1971)
Movie
Himself / Director / Writer / Producer
El crepúsculo de un dios (1969)
Movie
Gen. Mapache
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Movie
3.67
Cesare Brunelli
The Smugglers (1968)
Movie
Emilio Segura
El Silencioso (1967)
Movie
Aurelio Pérez / Writer / Producer / Director
Un dorado de Pancho Villa (1967)
Movie
Francisco Lorca
Return of the Seven (1966)
Movie
Don Lucio
La recta final (1966)
Movie
Sergeant Lopez
The Reward (1965)
Movie
Barkeeper (uncredited) / Associate Producer
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
Movie
4
Félix Gómez
El revólver sangriento (1964)
Movie
Danilo Zata / Director / Writer
Wounded Dove (1963)
Movie
Epigmenio Gomez
La Bandida (1963)
Movie
Coronel / Director / Writer
Little Town (1962)
Movie
Pascual Velasco
My Son, the Hero (1961)
Movie
Assistant Director
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Movie
5.66
Director
El impostor (1960)
Movie
Coronel Antonio Zeta
La Cucaracha (1959)
Movie
Director
Una cita de amor (1958)
Movie
Director / Writer
La Tierra del Fuego se apaga (1955)
Movie
Director / Writer
Nosotros dos (1955)
Movie
Writer / Director
La rosa blanca (1954)
Movie
Director / Adaptation
The Abduction (1954)
Movie
Director
Reportaje (1953)
Movie
Director / Screenplay
The Net (1953)
Movie
Director / Writer
El mar y tu (1952)
Movie
Director / Writer
Siempre tuya (1952)
Movie
Director / Writer
Acapulco (1952)
Movie
Director
La bienamada (1951)
Movie
Director / Writer
Las Islas Marias (1951)
Movie
Director / Screenplay
Victims of Sin (1951)
Movie
Writer / Director
One Day of Life (1950)
Movie
Screenplay / Director
The Torch (1950)
Movie
Director / Writer
Duelo en las montañas (1950)
Movie
Director / Screenplay
La malquerida (1949)
Movie
Director / Writer
Pueblerina (1949)
Movie
Director / Screenplay
Salon Mexico (1949)
Movie
Director / Screenplay
Maclovia (1948)
Movie
Director / Story
Rio Escondido (1948)
Movie
Associate Producer / Co-Director
The Fugitive (1947)
Movie
Director / Screenplay
The Pearl (1947)
Movie
Director / Screenplay
Enamorada (1946)
Movie
Director / Screenplay
Pepita Jimenez (1946)
Movie
Director / Story
Bugambilia (1945)
Movie
Director / Writer
The Abandoned (1945)
Movie
Director / Writer
Maria Candelaria (1944)
Movie
Aguilucho / Adaptation
El fanfarrón: ¡Aquí llegó el valentón! (1943)
Movie
Rogelio Torres / Director / Screenplay
Wild Flower (1943)
Movie
Director
Soy puro mexicano (1942)
Movie
Director / Screenplay / Story
Passion Island (1942)
Movie
Emilio Gómez
El charro Negro (1940)
Movie
Pancracio
The Underdogs (1940)
Movie
Sebastián
Celos (1936)
Movie
Adaptation / Writer
The Dead Speak (1935)
Movie
Zirahuén
Janitzio (1935)
Movie
Itzul
Tribu (1935)
Movie
Toparca, bandolero
Cruz Diablo (1934)
Movie
Dancer (uncredited)
Flying Down to Rio (1933)
Movie
7
Indian Joe
The Western Code (1932)
Movie
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1904-03-26
Deathday1986-08-06 (82 years old)
Birth PlaceCoahuila, Mexico
CitizenshipsMexico
Also Known AsEmilio "Indio" Fernández, Emilio Fernández Romo, Emilio 'El Indio' Fernandez, Emilio Fernandez, Emilio 'Indio' Fernandez, Indio Fernández, Эмилио Фернандес
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