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Fernando A. Rivero
Director 1908 - 1972

Fernando A. Rivero

Mexico City, Mexico

Fernando A. Rivero (Mexico City, February 9th 1902 – April 20th 1975) was a Mexican set designer, film director, painter, actor, and writer, regarded as a foundational figure—“the father” of Mexican film scenographers. He studied architecture but left the program for financial... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

6 titles
Perdida

Perdida

Fernando A. Rivero 1950 1h 31m

Her stepfather rapes her and she runs away to home. After that, she's exploited by a series of men, and...

Coqueta

Coqueta

Fernando A. Rivero 1949 1h 27m

Blind nightclub pianist takes in a young singer/entertainer when she hits bottom... but once she gets stable and starts thinking about maybe a boyfriend, his unspoken intentions start to surface.

Cantinflas ruletero

Cantinflas ruletero

Fernando A. Rivero 1940 17m

Cantinflas Ruletero is one of his most famous short films, where the great comedian acts as a taxi driver, making his passengers work without taking them to their destination.

Cantinflas boxeador

Cantinflas boxeador

Fernando A. Rivero 1940 16m

We see a young Mario Moreno making us laugh while he trying to fight against an opponent on a ring.

Siempre listo en las tinieblas

Siempre listo en las tinieblas

Fernando A. Rivero 1939 12m

Cantinflas will face a thief who enters his house while he sleeps.

Cantinflas jengibre contra dinamita

Cantinflas jengibre contra dinamita

Fernando A. Rivero 1939 13m

He shows us a poor Cantinflas like a rat that walks with a sad hatter and ends up in a bar where he will have a clash with the dangerous bandit "Ojo Tapado" (Covered Eye).

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