Years active 1965 - present Name Jorge Fons | Role Film director TV shows Una familia con suerte | |
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Born April 23, 1939 (age 85) ( 1939-04-23 ) Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico Occupation Film director
Screenwriter Education Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematograficos (1966) Awards Ariel Award - Golden Ariel, Ariel Award for Best Direction Nominations Ariel Award for Best Original Story Movies Rojo Amanecer, The Alley of Miracles, The Attempt Dossier, The Bricklayers, Los Cachorros Similar People Maria Rojo, Vicente Lenero, Ernesto Gomez Cruz, Bruno Bichir, Luis Alcoriza | ||
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Jorge Fons Pérez (born in Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico on April 23, 1939) is a Mexican film director.
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He belongs to the first generation of film directors of the UNAM. His short film, Caridad (1973), is still considered one of the best films in Mexican cinema. Two of the most important films of his filmography are Rojo amanecer (1989) and El callejón de los milagros (1995) based in the homonym book by Naguib Mahfouz, Midaq Alley of 1947 (زقق المدق), which breaks the classic lineal plots in films.
His 1976 film, Los albañiles, won the Silver Bear at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1995, his film El callejón de los milagros won a Special Mention at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival.
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