Mauricio de la Serna
- Directing
- November 26, 1902
- March 19, 1986
Biography
Mauricio de la Serna (26 November 1902 – 19 March 1986; sometimes reported as 20 March 1986) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and producer active in cinema from 1938 to 1979. From 1950 he resumed credited story work and expanded into screenplay writing; his first credited screenplay is commonly identified as a 1951 film directed by Julio Bracho, and one of his story credits served as the basis for a film directed by Luis Buñuel. In 1955 he debuted as director-screenwriter with Caras nuevas and is commonly credited with directing 23 feature films. He later worked in screen-industry administrative roles, including at Televisa’s film unit Televicine, and returned to directing in 1979 with Nora la rebelde.
Known for
Filmography
- Nora la Rebelde · Director
- Furia en el Edén · Writer, Director
- Cuando los hijos se pierden · Director
- Pecado de juventud · Director
- Cuanto vale tu hijo · Director
- Rumbo a Brasilia · Director, Adaptation
- Hidden Paradise · Director
- La Joven Mancornadora · Director
- Martín Santos, El llanero · Director
- Mis abuelitas... no más! · Director
- The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies · Director
- Memorias de mi general · Director
- ¡Qué bonito amor! · Director
- Un chico valiente · Director
- Cada quien su musica · Director
- The Vivanco Ladies · Director, Writer
- El derecho a la vida · Director
- Pepito y los robachicos · Director
- ¡Viva el amor! · Director, Writer
- Los hijos del divorcio · Director
- El buen ladrón · Director, Writer
- Pablo y Carolina · Director, Writer
- New faces · Director
- Illusion Travels by Streetcar · Story
- The Proud and the Beautiful · Executive Producer's Assistant
- Fruto prohibido · Producer
- Stolen Heaven · Adaptation, Producer
- La malcasada · Producer
- The Other · Producer
- The Last Adventure · Producer
- The Jungle of Fire · Producer
- Twilight · Producer
- Divorciadas · Producer
- Resurrección · Producer
- Yo bailé con Don Porfirio · Producer
- Las cinco noches de Adán · Producer
- The Night of the Mayans · Producer