Juan José Ortega
Juan José Ortega (October 27, 1904 – December 27, 1996) was a Mexican film director, producer and screenwriter. He was active during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, and directed over 40 films between 1942 and 1966.
Also recorded as Juan J. Ortega · Juan Jose Ortega
Juan José Ortega
- Name
- Juan José Ortega
- Born
- October 27, 1904
- Birthplace
- Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
- Died
- December 27, 1996 (aged 92)
- Place of death
- Mexico
- Occupation
- Film director, producer, screenwriter
- Honours
- Salvador Toscano Medal
- Languages
- Spanish
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Juan José Ortega, born on 27 October 1904 and died on 27 December 1996, is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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• Name — Juan José Ortega • Born — October 27, 1904 • Birthplace — Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, Mexico • Died — December 27, 1996 (aged 92) • Place of death — Mexico • Years Active — 1942-1990 • Occupation — Film director, producer, screenwriter
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• Flor de fango (1942) • Lo que sólo el hombre puede sufrir (1943) • La razón de la culpa (1943) • La hija del cielo (1943) • El rosario (1944) • El abanico de Lady Windermere (1944) • Toda una vida (1945) • Sendas del destino (1945) • La mujer legítima (1945) • La casa de la zorra (1945) • Amar es vivir (1946) • La insaciable (1947) • The Fallen Angel (1949) • Zorina (1949) • Cuando el alba llegue (1950) • Ritmos del Caribe (1950) • Lodo y armiño (1951) • The Lie (1952) • Piel canela (1953) • Yo no creo en los hombres (1954) • Me gustan todas (1954) • Frente al pecado de ayer (1955) • Corazón salvaje (1956) • No me olvides nunca (1956) • Una lección de amor (1956) • Tropicana (1957) • Cuentan de una mujer (1959) • His First Love (1960) • En carne propia (1961) • Ay Chabela...! (1961) • La moneda rota (1962) • 'Monte Escondido' o (Leonardo Moncada) (1962) • Pueblo de odios (1962) • Horizontes de sangre (1962) • Entre bala y bala (1963) • Herencia maldita (1963) • Las bravuconas (1963) • El río de las ánimas (1964) • Frente al destino (1964) • Los murciélagos (1964) • Preciosa (1965) • Pacto de sangre (1966)
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Matehuala.
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