Fernando de Fuentes

Fernando de Fuentes was born in Veracruz on 13 December 1894. He studied engineering, then letters at Tulane University in New Orleans. During the revolution he served under Venustiano Carranza and at the Mexican embassy in Washington, then ran a chain of cinemas and championed sound film. He directed his first film in 1932 and some sixty others, from drama to comedy; his comedias rancheras earned him a medal of cinematic merit. He died in Mexico City on 4 July 1958.

In the catalogue 1

• Feature filmLet's Go with Pancho Villa¡Vámonos con Pancho Villa!Fernando de Fuentes · 1936Cinema