Benito Alazraki
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Benito Alazraki (27 October 1921 – 6 June 2007) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter whose career spanned commercial features, documentary work, and genre cinema. He founded Panamerican Films, produced and co-wrote the script for Enamorada (directed by Emilio Fernández), and made a cycle of indigenist documentaries for Teleproducciones led by producer Manuel Barbachano Ponce. His feature debut, Raíces—an episodic adaptation of El diosero by Francisco Rojas González—received the International Critics’ Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and later a special honor from the Ariel Awards. He then moved into commercial filmmaking with titles such as Los amantes and later directed popular genre films including Santo Contra los Zombis and Espiritismo, the latter adapted from The Monkey's Paw. He also produced, wrote, and directed extensive television work in Spain, and on returning to Mexico held senior posts at Canal 13 and CONACINE.
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Café Colón (1959)
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Balún Canán (1977)
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La tijera de oro (1960)
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The Gunslingers (1962)
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Frankenstein, the Vampire and Company (1962)
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Santo vs. the Zombies (1962)
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Spiritism (1962)
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Roots (1954)
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Las tres perfectas casadas (1973)
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Rebelde Sin Casa (1960)
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The Widow (1965)
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Tin Tan y las modelos (1960)
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Póker de reinas (1960)
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The Curse of the Doll People (1961)
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The Ghost of the Lake (1981)
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Ladrones de niños (1958)
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El toro negro (1960)
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Infierno de almas (1960)
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Love Love Love (1965)
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El rey de los taxistas (1988)
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Amor a balazo limpio (1961)
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The Time and the Touch (1962)
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El vestido de novia (1959)
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The Law of Guns (1960)
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Where Are Our Children Going? (1958)
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Los jóvenes amantes (1971)
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A ritmo de twist (1962)
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Yo hice a Roque III (1993)
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De hombre a hombre (1961)
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Los amantes (1956)
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Peligros de juventud (1960)
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Las hermanas Karambazo (1960)
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El Tigre Negro (1962)
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Con quien andan nuestros locos (1961)
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Alicia en el pais del dolar (1988)
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Hasta que los cuernos nos separen (1995)
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Arriba el telón (1989)
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