Felipe Cazals

July 28, 1937 · Mexico City, Mexico

Felipe Cazals (July 28th, 1937 - October 16th, 2021) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer.

Along with Arturo Ripstein, Jaime Humberto Hermosillo and Jorfe Fons, he is considered one of the most representative film directors of his generation. His masterworks The Humilliated (Las inocentes, 1986), Las Poquianchis (1976), The Heist (El Apando, 1976) and Canoa (1976), make him to be considered as one of the most creative and bitter-critic filmmaker in the history of Latin-American movies.

Often works with

Humberto Elizondo
5 titles together
The Seven Cucas, The Year of the Plague, Undressed and Unruly
José Carlos Ruiz
5 titles together
The Heist, The Year of the Plague, Under the Shrapnel
Salvador Sánchez
4 titles together
Canoa: A Shameful Memory, The Heist, Under the Shrapnel
Enrique Lucero
4 titles together
Canoa: A Shameful Memory, Emiliano Zapata, Three of Cups
Ana Ofelia Murguía
4 titles together
The Heist, Luz's Motives, The Humiliated
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
3 titles together
Canoa: A Shameful Memory, Emiliano Zapata, Those Years

Full filmography · 29

Citizen Buelna
Director and Writer
2013
Chicogrande
Director and Writer
20106.7
The Citrillo's Turn
Director
2006
Digna: Worthy to Her Last Breath
Director
2004
His Most Serene Highness
Director
2000
Kino: The Legend of the Black Priest
Director
1993
Undressed and Unruly
Director
1991
Love Bubbles
Director
1991
Dulce espiritu
Director
1987
Three of Cups
Director
1986
Luz's Motives
Director
1986
The Humiliated
Director
1986