Gilberto Gazcón


Gilberto Gazcón de Anda was a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer. He wrote more than fifty screenplays, directed over thirty films, won numerous awards, and was a promoter of Mexican cinema. He is best known in English-speaking countries for the neo noir thriller film Rage, starring Glenn Ford and Stella Stevens.

Biography

Gilberto Gazcón was born in Mexico City on 19 May 1929. He was the son of film producer and screenwriter Valentín Gazcón, and the nephew of Raúl de Anda, pioneers of Mexican sound cinema. His brother,, also became a filmmaker.
He showed an aptitude for art from a young age and developed an interest in cinema, where he began as a child actor and later worked as an assistant set designer.
He began writing his own screenplays, and decided to leave his medical career, and enrolled in film adaptation courses and studied acting at the Cinematographic Academy, directed by Celestino Gorostiza. The first film to be released with a plot written by him was Fierecilla, directed by Fernando Méndez, which received favourable reviews for its plot and the psychology of its characters.
In 1958, he directed his first film, The Boxer. In 1960, he directed La cárcel de Cananea, which gained international attention and was featured at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. In 1966, he directed a Mexican-American co-production Rage, starring Glenn Ford and Stella Stevens.
He directed more than 30 films, including Los desarraigados, La risa de la ciudad, Perro callejero, and Perro callejero II.
In 1963, he became a founding member of the Mexican Society of Film, Radio and Television Directors and Producers and was appointed honorary president from 1982.
He died on 11 May 2013 at the age of 83, due to pulmonary complications caused by an embolism.
, film director and head of the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences, described him as "a great man, who in his career as a writer and director always strove to be ambitious, always pursued quality cinema, which was demonstrated in most of his films".

Awards

Selected filmography

As director

The Boxer Los desarraigados El gran pillo La cárcel de Cananea Remolino Suerte te dé Dios Tres tristes tigres Juan sin miedo Cielo rojo Atrás de las nubes La risa de la ciudad Rage Al rojo vivo Tres amigos El cinico Ya somos hombres Los novios El cielo y tu El desconocido El niño y la estrella Traigo la sangre caliente El regreso de los perros callejeros Perro callejero Perro callejero II Dos de abajo El Cafre Rosa de dos aromas Félix, como el gato
  • ''Push to Open''

As screenwriter

The Shrew, dir. Fernando MéndezThe Lone Wolf, dir. Vicente OronáThe Justice of the Wolf, dir. Vicente OronáThe Wolf Returns, dir. Vicente OronáThe Minister's Daughter, dir. Fernando MéndezThe Spot of the Family, dir. Fernando MéndezGenius and Figure, dir. Fernando MéndezEl jinete, dir. Vicente OronáCon el diablo en el cuerpo, dir. Raúl de AndaLos aventureros, dir. Fernando MéndezFugitivos: Pueblo de proscritos, dir. Fernando Méndez¡Vaya tipos!, dir. Fernando MéndezTres bribones, dir. Fernando MéndezAy, Chaparros... ¡Cómo abundan!, dir. Rolando AguilarQuietos todos, dir. Zacarías Gómez UrquizaSeñoritas, dir. Fernando MéndezLos desarraigados La cárcel de Cananea Tres tristes tigres Juan sin miedo Atrás de las nubes La risa de la ciudad En la vieja California, dir. Jesús MarínLos bravos de California, dir. Jesús MarínGallo con espolones, dir. Zacarías Gómez UrquizaRage Al rojo vivo Tres amigos
  • * El cinico Ya somos hombres Los novios El cielo y tu El desconocido El niño y la estrella Félix, como el gato
  • ''Push to Open''

As producer

Rage El niño y la estrella Relaciones violentas, dir Sergio VéjarLos peluqueros, dir. Javier Durán

As editor

  • ''Félix, como el gato''