Emilio Fernández
Directing · 83 years old
Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico
Emilio "El Indio" Fernández (born Emilio Fernández Romo, March 26, 1904 – August 6, 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best known for his work as director of the film Maria Candelaria, which won the Palme d'Or award at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. As an actor, he worked in numerous film productions of Mexico and also in Hollywood.
Known For
Columbo
Miguel
La traición
Gral. Arcadio Carvajal
My Son, the Hero
Pascual Velasco
Kung Fu
Carlos
The Wild Bunch
Gen. Mapache
The Night of the Iguana
Barkeeper (uncredited)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Paco
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
El Jefe
The War Wagon
Calita
Wild Flower
Rogelio Torres
Under the Volcano
Diosdado
Erótica
Hernández
The Appaloosa
Lazaro
La Cucaracha
Coronel Antonio Zeta
Breakout
J.V.
The Enemy Blood
Juan
Flying Down to Rio
Dancer (uncredited)
Little Town
Coronel
El crepúsculo de un dios
Emilio
Un dorado de Pancho Villa
Aurelio Pérez
