Miguel Morayta | |
Birth Date: | 15 August 1907 |
Birth Place: | Villahermosa, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain |
Death Place: | Mexico City, Mexico |
Occupation: | Film director, screenwriter |
Yearsactive: | 1944-1978 |
Miguel Morayta (15 August 1907 – 19 June 2013) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter.[1] He directed 74 films between 1944 and 1978. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Morayta was a Spanish artillery officer, who joined the Republican side. After Francisco Franco's victory, he left Spain for France and Africa, finally arriving in Mexico in 1941, where he started his career.[1] He was living in Mexico when he died aged 105.[2]