About

Known credits:
55
Birthday:
1929-05-19
Place of birth:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Gilberto Gazcón

Overview

Gilberto Gazcón de Anda (May 19, 1929 – May 11, 2013) was a Mexican film director , screenwriter and producer. He wrote more than fifty screenplays , directed more than thirty films, won numerous awards, and was a promoter of Mexican cinema. He is best known in English-speaking countries for the neo noir thriller film Rage (1966), starring Glenn Ford and Stella Stevens .

Gilberto Gazcón was born in Mexico City on 19 May 1929. He was the son of film producer and screenwriter Valentín Gazcón, and the nephew of Raúl de Anda , pioneers of Mexican sound cinema. His brother Edgardo Gazcón also became a filmmaker. He showed an aptitude for art from an early age, and was drawn to cinema, where he began as a child actor and later worked as an assistant set designer.

He began writing his own screenplays, and decided to abandon his medical career and enrolled in film adaptation courses and studied acting at the Cinematographic Academy, directed by Celestino Gorostiza . The first film to be released with a plot written by him was Fierecilla (1950), directed by Fernando Méndez [ es ] , which received favorable reviews for its plot and the psychology of its characters. In 1958 he directed his first film, The Boxer. In 1966 he directed a Mexican-American co-production Rage ( El mal ), starring Glenn Ford and Stella Stevens. In 1960 he directed Lacarcel de Cananea , which was shown at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.

He directed more than 30 films, including The Uprooted (1959), The Laughter of the City (1962), Stray Dog (1980), and Stray Dog II (1981).

He was a founding member in 1963 of the Mexican Society of Film, Radio and Television Directors and Producers (Sociedad Mexicana de Directores y Realizadores de Cine, Radio y Televisión ), and honorary president since 1982. He died on May 11, 2013 at the age of 83, due to pulmonary complications caused by an embolism.

Film director Juan Antonio de la Riva, head of the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences, described him as "a great man, who in his career as a writer and director always strove to be ambitious, always pursued quality cinema, which was demonstrated in most of his films".

Known for

Directing
1989 Rosa de dos aromas Directing Director 59
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1986 El cafre Directing Director 59
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1983 Dos de abajo Directing Director 59
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1981 Perro callejero 2 Directing Director 59
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1980 Perro callejero Directing Director 60
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1978 Death in Cold Blood Directing Director 59
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1977 Traigo la sangre caliente Directing Director 59
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1976 The Boy and the Star Directing Director 59
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1974 El desconocido Directing Director 58
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1971 El cielo y tú Directing Director 59
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1971 Los novios Directing Director 58
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1971 Ya somos hombres Directing Director 59
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1970 El cinico Directing Director 59
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1970 Tres amigos Directing Director 59
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1969 Al rojo vivo Directing Director 59
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1966 Rage Directing Director 58
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1963 The Laughter Of The City Directing Director 58
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1962 Cielo Rojo Directing Director 58
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1962 Atrás de las nubes Directing Director 59
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1961 Juan sin miedo Directing Director 59
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1961 Tres tristes tigres Directing Director 59
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1961 Suerte te dé Dios Directing Director 58
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1961 Remolino Directing Director 59
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1960 La cárcel de Cananea Directing Director 58
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1960 Los desarraigados Directing Director 59
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1960 El gran pillo Directing Director 58
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1958 El boxeador Directing Director 58
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1956 Rapto al sol Directing Director 59
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Writing
1989 Rosa de dos aromas Writing Screenplay 59
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1989 Rosa de dos aromas Writing Storyboard 59
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1986 El cafre Writing Writer 59
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1981 Perro callejero 2 Writing Writer 59
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1980 Perro callejero Writing Screenplay 60
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1978 Death in Cold Blood Writing Writer 59
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1976 The Boy and the Star Writing Writer 59
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1971 Ya somos hombres Writing Writer 59
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1970 Tres amigos Writing Writer 59
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1966 Rage Writing Story 58
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1966 Rage Writing Screenplay 58
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1963 Los bravos de California Writing Screenplay 59
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1963 En la vieja California Writing Screenplay 59
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1962 Atrás de las nubes Writing Adaptation 59
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1960 La cárcel de Cananea Writing Adaptation 58
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1960 El gran pillo Writing Screenplay 58
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1959 Quietos todos Writing Adaptation 59
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1959 Señoritas Writing Writer 59
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1955 Fugitivos: Pueblo de proscritos Writing Screenplay 59
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1955 What a Man Writing Screenplay 59
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1954 Los aventureros Writing Screenplay 59
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1953 Genio y figura Writing Writer 58
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Production
1992 Relaciones violentas Production Producer 59
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1986 El cafre Production Producer 59
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1983 Dos de abajo Production Producer 59
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1976 The Boy and the Star Production Producer 59
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1966 Rage Production Producer 58
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