Ismael Rodríguez

Ismael Rodríguez was born in Mexico City on 19 October 1917. He worked with his brothers Joselito and Roberto, creators of the first sound process of Mexican cinema, and with them founded the company Películas Rodríguez in 1939. A sound engineer and assistant, he directed his first film at the age of twenty-two. He made about sixty, including more than a dozen with Pedro Infante, received a Golden Globe, an Oscar nomination and the Salvador Toscano medal in 2003, and died in Mexico City on 7 August 2004.

In the catalogue 2

• Feature filmWe the PoorNosotros los pobresIsmael Rodríguez · 1948Cinema
• Feature filmThe Soldiers of Pancho VillaLa CucarachaIsmael Rodríguez · 1959Cinema