Alejandro Licona


Alejandro Licona Padilla is a Mexican dramatist who has won awards for his stage plays and screenplays.

Biography

Alejandro Licona was born April 12, 1953, in Mexico City. He studied chemical engineering at the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico City. In 1972, he participated in a playwriting workshop in a center run by Mexican writer Emilio Carballido. In 1976, he began to produce a wide variety of dramatic works, including scripts for film and television. That year, his screenplay La torre acribillada, was awarded an honorary mention in the national screenplay competition organized by the Mexican Writers' Guild, SOGEM.
In 1980, his screenplay, Máquina was filmed in Los Angeles, California, and went on to win the Juan Ruiz de Alarcón prize. Four years later, he was awarded a theater fellowship for the Centro Mexicano de Escritores. In 1987, he assumed charge of the playwriting workshop of the National Polytechnic Institute, and in 1990, was admitted as professor of television screenwriting in the school of the Mexican Writers' Guild. He also taught screenwriting at the Ibero-American University. In 1995, he headed the dramatic workshop for Mexican multimedia conglomerate Televisa's Centro de Capacitación de Escritores.
Among his better known works, Guau, vidas de perros has been performed 75 times under the direction of Juan Silva López. In 1997, as Licona celebrated his 25th year as a writer, his play El espectáculo macarenazo received a 200th performance in the Foro Coyoacanense.

Works

Alejandro Licona has written 52 plays, adapting some for television and film. He has also written screenplays and worked as a writing teacher in various centers. His works tend towards comedy and social criticism.
Licona told the magazine Escritores del cine mexicano sonoro that apart from the financial benefits of writing for film and television,

Theater

El diablo en el jardín.Guau, vidas de perros.Abuelita de Batman.Huélum o cómo pasar matemáticas sin problemas.Raptóla, violóla y matóla.El espectáculo Macarenazo.Máquina.La mujer que trajo la lluvia.Las tres heridas.

Film and television

Que no quede huella Entre vivos y muertos for Mexico City Channel 13.La torre acribillada.La amenaza roja for Mexico City Channel 11.¿Qué nos pasa? for Mexico City Channel 2.Algunas historias de la serie Hora marcada for Mexico City Channel 2.Dos nacos en el planeta de las mujeres.Un macho en la casa de citas / La coronela y sus muchachas.Mátenme porque me muero / La noche de los insepultos.Perseguida / Testigo de un crimen.Un macho en el hotel / El hotelito de los horrores.Mujer de cabaret / Night club.Peló gallo.Cazafantasmas a la mexicana.Santo santón.Morir por tu amor.

Other works

Teatro mexicano del siglo XX.1900-1988..

Prizes and awards

  • 1976. Honorary Mention for the screenplay, La torre acribillada, National Screenplay Competition, Mexican Writers' Guild
  • 1980. Premio Juan Ruiz de Alarcón for Máquina.
  • 1976. Premio Punto de Partida for El diablo en el jardín.
  • 1982. Premio de teatro infantil Concepción Sada for Guau, vidas de perros
  • 1994. Premio Nacional Caridad Bravo Adams for best crime teleplay for Que no quede huella.
  • 2002. Premio Ricardo López Aranda de Santander for La santa perdida.