Personal info
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 3/26/1903
- Birthplace
- Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico
- Died
- 8/6/1986 (aged 83)
- Gender
- Male
- Also known as
- Emilio "Indio" Fernández, Emilio Fernández Romo, Emilio 'El Indio' Fernandez, Emilio Fernandez, Emilio 'Indio' Fernandez
Biography
Emilio "El Indio" Fernández (born Emilio Fernández Romo, March 26, 1904 – August 6, 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best known for his work as director of the film Maria Candelaria, which won the Palme d'Or award at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. As an actor, he worked in numerous film productions of Mexico and also in Hollywood.
12 titles
The Magnificent Seven
1960
Assistant Director
The Unforgiven
1960
Second Unit Director
Erótica
1979
Director
Enamorada
1946
Director
The Fugitive
1947
Co-Director
The Pearl
1947
Director
Maria Candelaria
1944
Director
Las Islas Marias
1951
Director
Salon Mexico
1949
Director
La Choca
1974
Director
Pueblerina
1949
Director
Un dorado de Pancho Villa
1967
Director
