About

Known credits:
28
Birthday:
1922-08-25
Place of birth:
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
Website:
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Gustavo Alatriste

Overview

Gustavo Alatriste Rodríguez (August 8th, 1922 – July 22, 2006) was a Mexican director, producer, exhibitor, and entrepreneur. At the age of 17, he enrolled in the Escuela Bancaria y Comercial to study Accounting, but left after only six months. He married Ariadne Welter, an actress who appeared in Ensayo de un crimen (1955), a film directed by the Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel, with whom Alatriste formed a strong friendship.

A successful furniture businessman, Alatriste later ventured into the film industry as a producer with Viridiana (Buñuel, 1961), a story set in an old and remote estate filled with attractions and romantic entanglements involving a novice (Silvia Pinal, then Alatriste’s second wife), her uncle Don Jaime (Fernando Rey), her cousin Jorge (Paco Rabal), the maid Ramona (Margarita Lozano), and a group of beggars. The film was awarded the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, where Alatriste received the prize from André Malraux, then France’s Minister of Culture and a member of the French Resistance during World War II.

Known for

Acting
1998 Alex Phillips: The magic between light and shadow Actor self N/A
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1984 Historia de una mujer escandalosa Actor Don Carlos Deblanc 58
Average
1982 Aquel famoso Remington Actor Don Rodolfo 59
Average
1971 The Castaway on the Street of Providence Actor Himself 59
Average
1971 Whoever is Responsible Actor Narrador 58
Average

Directing
1984 Historia de una mujer escandalosa Directing Director 58
Average
1982 Aquel famoso Remington Directing Director 59
Average
1982 La casa de Bernarda Alba Directing Director 58
Average
1980 La grilla Directing Director 58
Average
1979 En la cuerda del hambre Directing Director 58
Average
1976 Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra! Directing Director 58
Average
1974 Las calles no se siembran Directing Director 58
Average
1974 Entre violetas Directing Director 58
Average
1973 Los privilegiados Directing Director 58
Average
1971 Whoever is Responsible Directing Director 58
Average

Writing
1984 Historia de una mujer escandalosa Writing Writer 58
Average
1982 Aquel famoso Remington Writing Writer 59
Average
1979 En la cuerda del hambre Writing Writer 58
Average
1976 Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra! Writing Screenplay 58
Average

Production
1982 Toña, Nacida Virgen Production Producer 58
Average
1980 La grilla Production Producer 58
Average
1971 Whoever is Responsible Production Producer 58
Average
1967 La mujer de a seis litros Production Producer 59
Average
1965 Simon of the Desert Production Producer 64
Fair
1962 The Exterminating Angel Production Producer 70
Good
1962 Viridiana Production Producer 67
Fair
1962 Magueyes Production Producer 59
Average

Sound
1984 Historia de una mujer escandalosa Sound Music 58
Average