Felipe Cazals

Felipe Cazals
Cazals in 2013
Born(1937-07-28)28 July 1937
Mexico
Died16 October 2021 (age 84)
OccupationFilm director

Felipe Cazals (28 July 1937 – 16 October 2021) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and producer. His wife was Rosa Eugenia Báez de Cazals.

Together with Arturo Ripstein, Cazals was considered in Mexico one of the most representative film directors of his generation. With his films Las Inocentes (1986), Las Poquianchis (1976), El Apando (1976), and Canoa (1976), he was considered to be one of the most creative and bitter-critical[clarification needed] filmmakers in the history of Latin American movies. Canoa was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize.[1] His 1973 film Aquellos años was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.[2]

  1. ^ "Berlinale 1976: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  2. ^ "8th Moscow International Film Festival (1973)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.