Emilio Gómez Muriel Explained

Emilio Gómez Muriel was a prolific Mexican film director, active between the 1930s and the 1970s.

He is known for melodramas,^[1] but one of his first films was Redes (release: 1936), an attempt at social cinema with a mostly non-professional cast.^[2]

He won an award at the 1960 San Sebastian Film Festival for Simitrio.

Filmography

• While Mexico Sleeps (1938)
• The Unknown Policeman (1941)
• Another Dawn (1943)
• The Lieutenant Nun (1944)
• Nocturne of Love (1948)
• The Woman of the Port (1949)
• Engagement Ring (1951)
• A Galician Dances the Mambo (1951)
• Carne de presidio (1952)
• A Divorce (1953)
• The Three Elenas (1954)
• The Empty Star (1958)
• La cigüeña distraída (1966)
• La Cama (1968)
• La Buscona (1970)

More of his films are the subject of articles on Spanish Wikipedia.

External links

• Emilio Gómez Muriel filmography IMDb

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1210255 . Mexican Cinema: A Panoramic View . Film Quarterly. Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 46-55 . Summer 1965 ., accessed via JSTOR (subscription required)
2. Web site: July 24, 2012 . Clip from Redes . Instituto Cervantes.