Manuel Barbachano Ponce
- Production
- April 4, 1925 · Mérida - Yucatán - Mexico
- October 29, 1994
Biography
Manuel Barbachano Ponce (4 April 1925 – 29 October 1994) was a Mexican film producer, director, and screenwriter associated with the development of independent and culturally oriented production in Mexico. He produced key mid-century titles including Raíces—entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival—and the documentary Torero!, which received a special citation at the Venice Film Festival. He also produced internationally recognized features such as Nazarín (directed by Luis Buñuel) and later films including María de mi corazón, Doña Herlinda y su hijo, Frida, naturaleza viva, and Tequila. As a director, he made popular comedy features such as Chistelandia and its sequels, and he participated in the 1965 anthology Amor, amor, amor, a project linked to the First Experimental Film Contest and shaped by adaptations of contemporary Mexican literature.
Known for
Filmography
- A Mexican Buñuel · Self
- Forbidden Homework · Producer
- Tequila · Producer
- Clandestine Destiny · Producer
- Frida Still Life · Producer
- Doña Herlinda and Her Son · Producer
- Confidencias · Producer
- Complot Petróleo: La cabeza de la hidra
- Pedro Paramo · Screenplay, Producer
- Love Love Love · Director, Adaptation
- The Widow · Producer
- Lola of My Life · Producer, Director
- The Shunammite · Producer
- The Two Elenas · Producer
- The Beloved Ones · Producer
- The Golden Cockerel · Producer
- Sonatas · Producer
- Nazarín · Producer
- Vuelve Chistelandia · Director
- Nueva Chistelandia · Director
- Chistelandia · Director
- Torero! · Producer
- Roots · Writer
- The Man from the Island · Producer
- Land of Hope · Producer
- Mexican Bullfighters · Producer
- Public Art · Producer
- Mexican Muralism · Producer
- Portrait of a Painter · Producer
- Heart of the City · Producer