Spanish-born actor turned screenwriter of Mexican films starting in the late 1940s. Alcoriza co-wrote many of Luis Bunuel's Mexican classics, including such powerful films as "Los Olvidados" (1950), "El" (1952) and "The Exterminating Angel" (1962). Beginning in the early 60s and continuing into the late 80s, Alcoriza began directing his own films, but these are little known outside Mexico.
- Born:
September 5, 1920 in Badajoz, Spain
- Died:
December 3, 1992.
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Job Titles:
Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Milestones
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1949 First collaboration with director Luis Bunuel, El Gran Calavera/The Great Madcap , which Alcoriza wrote and in which he also acted
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1962 Last collaboration with Bunuel, El Angel Exterminador/The Exterminating Angel
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1989 Last film, Lo Que Importa Es Vivir/What s Important Is to Live
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Moved to Mexico; became established as a film actor there
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Turned to screenwriting in the late 1940s
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Worked as an actor in European theater while still in his teens