Benito Alazraki

Benito Alazraki was born in Mexico City on 27 October 1921. A pupil at a lycée in Lausanne, he studied law and philosophy at the national university without finishing them, won the national literature competition in 1943 with a collection of poems, founded a production company and co-wrote a screenplay for Emilio Fernández. He directed nearly forty films in forty years, including films of the masked wrestler Santo, spent twelve years in Spain producing television programmes, then headed Mexican film bodies. He died in Mexico City in June 2007.

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• Feature filmRootsRaícesBenito Alazraki · 1955Cinema