Luis Alcoriza
Badajoz, Spain

Luis Alcoriza de la Vega (5 September 1918 – 3 December 1992) was a respected Mexican screenwriter, film director, and actor. Alcoriza was born in Spain and established himself in Mexico from 1940. His 1962 film Tlayucan was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His 1987 film Lo que Importa es Vivir was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.

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Crew

The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel (2017)
Original Story
Pesadilla para un rico (1996)
Story | Screenplay
Long Life Together (1995)
Writer
La sombra del ciprés es alargada (1990)
Director | Dialogue
All Souls' Day (1988)
Director | Writer
Living Is What Matters (1987)
Director | Writer
Terror and Black Lace (1985)
Director | Screenplay
El amor es un juego extraño (1983)
Director | Writer
Han violado a una mujer (Tac-tac) (1982)
Director | Writer
National Calvary (1981)
Director
Buscando un campeon (1980)
Writer
At a Lame Pace (1980)
Director
Three Women in a Bonfire (1979)
Story
En la trampa (1979)
Writer
The Living Forces (1975)
Director | Writer
The Other Virginity (1975)
Writer
Omen (1975)
Director | Writer
Faith, Hope and Charity (1974)
Director | Story | Adaptation
The Wall of Silence (1974)
Director | Story | Screenplay
National Mechanics (1972)
Director | Writer | Script
Departamento De Soltero (1971)
Story
La Chamuscada (1971)
Writer
Paradise (1970)
Director | Writer
Pancho Tequila (1970)
Writer
The World's Oldest Profession (1970)
Director | Writer
The Door and The Butcher's Wife (1969)
Director | Story
Romeo contra Julieta (1968)
Story | Screenplay
Dangerous Game (1967)
Writer | Director
The Gangster (1965)
Director | Adaptation
Tarahumara (Further and farther) (1965)
Director | Writer
Love & Sex (Sappho 1963) (1964)
Director
Shark Hunters (1963)
Director | Writer
Tlayucan (1962)
Director | Writer
The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Story
Los Jóvenes (1961)
Director | Writer
Suicídate mi amor (1961)
Writer
Guantes de oro (1961)
Story
The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (1960)
Writer
La tijera de oro (1960)
Adaptation
Our Daily Hunger (1960)
Writer
Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959)
Writer
El cariñoso (1959)
Screenplay
School for Buglars (1958)
Writer
A Media Luz Los Tres (1958)
Screenplay
Death in the Garden (1956)
Screenplay
The Innocent (1956)
Story
The King of México (1956)
Adaptation
La vida no vale nada (1955)
Screenplay
Untouched (1954)
Writer
The River and Death (1954)
Writer
Robinson Crusoe (1954)
Screenplay
Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1954)
Writer
Gitana tenías que ser (1953)
Story
Él (1953)
Adaptation | Screenplay
The Brute (1953)
Writer
Meat in Prison (1952)
Writer
La miel se fue de la luna (1952)
Writer
Engagement ring (1951)
Screenplay
Canasta Uruguaya (1951)
Writer
Los enredos de una gallega (1951)
Screenplay
Daughter of Deceit (1951)
Adaptation
Una gringuita en México (1951)
Screenplay
Si usted no puede, yo sí (1951)
Writer
El Siete Machos (1951)
Story
The Young and the Damned (1950)
Screenplay
Huellas del pasado (1950)
Story
Si me viera don Porfirio (1950)
Adaptation
Yo quiero ser hombre (1950)
Writer
The League of Girls (1950)
Story
The Great Madcap (1949)
Screenplay
Nocturno de amor (1948)
Screenplay
Una extraña mujer (1947)
Writer
El ahijado de la muerte (1946)
Screenplay
Esperanza (1946)
Writer