Xavier Cruz

Birth : 1939-07-09, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Movies

La Curva Del Olvido
Director of Photography
After Argentina's military dictatorship collapses, infamous torturer Angel Vladimir Carvalo (Otto Sirgo) takes refuge in the vastness of Mexico, where he uses his victims' money to pull off business deals -- and ultimately becomes director of the National Registry of Vehicles. Helmed by Christian Gonzalez, this fascinating drama is based on the experiences of Richardo Miguel Cavallo, a real-life tormenter who was arrested in 2000.
Los cómplices del infierno
Cinematography
Sandra and Deborah are two women trying to escape from a tragic recent event. They go for a vacation on a beach house but are then followed by an evil cult.
Mecánica Mexicana
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La Pura
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A bra-less girl with large breasts and a shapely caboose walks around town in a miniskirt wiggling her rear end. This causes the townsmen to make fools of themselves.
Octagon and Mascara Sagrada in Fight to the Death
Director of Photography
Heroic Mexican wrestler duo Octagon and Mascara Sagrado take on a bevvy of sexy female catburglars led by Lina Santos
Pedro infante vive?
Director of Photography
Reporter/photographer covering a Pedro Infante commemorative event discover an uncanny look-alike lurking on the periphery.
Programado para morir
Director of Photography
Mafia members go after a father and a son who know too much.
Panic in the Mountain
Director of Photography
Hunters go to a mine in the country looking for a treasure and discover rumors that the mine is cursed are all too true.
Garra de tigre
Cinematography
Before Fujama dies, he asks his sons Tony and Dany to end his brother's karate school. Rosita takes them to the jungle where the school is and there they face many dangers. They defeat his brother Fujata with karatazos and he ends up pierced by a spear.
Angel in the Night
Cinematography
A respectable family is shot by a gang brutally together. Only the mother survives the perfidious raid. They, although psychiatrist, finds the way back only laboriously in the everyday life. However, then you play the chance one of the members of a gang in the hands. A young fellow which does not finish on his part the recollections and takes up unsuspectingly the help of the doctor. This recognizes immediately that the illustrated case is more own to her. Now the woman knows only one: Revenge. Under drugs her patient reveals details and names. As a result through various tricks and in varying disguising she approaches to the single members of a gang. It begins a hunt on life and death...
Con el odio en la piel
Director of Photography
After group of racist cops from Texas kill his brother, a young Mexican man stands up to the corrupt bunch in this action-drama.
Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell
Director of Photography
The third thrilling saga of Deathstalker pits him against the evil wizard and ruler of the Southland, Troxartes, and his band of undead warriors. Dashing Deathstalker is entrusted by the beautiful Princess Carissa to protect an enchanted Jewel one of three which together hold the key to the lost city of treasure, Erendor. The missing pair of gems are stashed all too safely in the heavily guarded castle of the wicked Troxartes. His mission clear, Deathstalker rouses his troops and storms the fortress with the power of lightning. And in this fateful battle, one man will survive to witness the magical secrets of Erendor.
Matadero
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Terror and Black Lace
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A psycho with a hair fetish is caught in the act of disposing of a body and the lonely housewife that witnesses it must fight for her life.
Piernas cruzadas
Director of Photography
Lucerito is a Spanish star who has come to Mexico, accompanied by her godfather and her agent, to find work. Rosario is from upper class society and has grown tired of the demands made upon her by her family. When they meet each other in a Mexican hotel, they discover that they could be each other's identical twin and decide to change places.
The Evil That Men Do
Director of Photography
Professional killer Holland is forced out of retirement to break a Central American government's political torture ring when one of his friends, a Latin American journalist, is killed. The murderer, Doctor Clement Molloch, is the master sadist behind the political torture of innocent victims. Posing as a journalist, Holland lures Molloch out of his fortress-like headquarters by using his murdered friend's wife and daughter as bait. When Holland kidnaps Molloch's sister, the doctor is led on a wild chase that takes him to an abandoned opal mine where he finally comes face to face with Holland.
A Real Man
Director of Photography
Unsympathetic portrait of a man who's too macho to display his feelings.
El sexo de los pobres
Cinematography
Courtroom drama focused on the background of a man accused of rape.
The Feathered Coyote
Director of Photography
The outstanding comedian, "La India Maria," unknowingly ends up as a detective in Acapulco, pursued by smugglers of ancient artifacts.
Un adorable sinverguenza
Director of Photography
A young man and woman are running a phony fortune parlor. One day an attractive young woman enters their parlor to get her fortune read. The man makes his usual behind-the-scenes telephone call to learn of the young woman's background while his female accomplice lays down tarot cards. It turns out that the young woman comes from a very wealthy family. The man now decides to use the young woman in a dangerous scam to extort money from her rich parents.
Los ojos de un niño
Cinematography
Little boy learns of his stepmother's infidelity and later witnesses a murder... but the shocks have thrown him into a hysterical paralysis, and it's almost impossible for him to communicate anything to anybody.
In the Storm
Cinematography
In the storm is a Mexican film of the year 1980 directed by Fernando Vallejo. The film is about the time of La Violencia in Colombia. Vallejo wanted to make the film in Colombia, however he found numerous obstacles to film it in the country so he decided to do it in Mexico with Mexican actors and recreating the Colombian landscapes in that country.
Como México no hay dos
Director of Photography
Rags-to-riches story about the rise of a fictional ranchera-music superstar.
The Dracula Dynasty
Director of Photography
Vlad II also known as Vlad Dracul or Vlad the Dragon (before 1395 – November 1447), was ..... Vlad's eldest sons, Mircea and Vlad Dracula, were first mentioned in a charter of Vlad on 20 January 1437. Mircea was born in about 1428, Vlad …
Duro pero seguro
Director of Photography
Nicolasa sells tacos near a movie studio and her popularity threatens the restaurant's own studies. She drops the food when seeing actor Armando performing and the director expels her out.
Capulina Chisme Caliente
Director of Photography
When he lands a job as a telephone operator, Capulina -- legendary Mexican funnyman Gaspar Henaine -- quickly discovers that he can get the best gossip in town by eavesdropping on callers' private conversations. But when he uses these juicy tidbits to help a local newspaper boost its circulation, he unleashes a firestorm of scandal that threatens to ruin him. Gilberto Martínez Solares directs this comedy.
Alucarda
Director of Photography
A young girl's arrival at a convent after the death of her parents marks the beginning of a series of events that unleash an evil presence on the girl and her mysterious new friend, an enigmatic figure known as Alucarda. Demonic possession, Satan worship, and vampirism follows.
Mi aventura en Puerto Rico
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Mom and Pop Aguilar and their two boys tour the island.
Mil caminos tiene la muerte
Director of Photography
A gang of bikers wrecks havoc.
La ley del monte
Director of Photography
Monte law begins as a love story in September in the Mexican Revolution years. To seal their oath to love a boy and girl names recorded on a stalk. Years pass and go their separate ways, but one day the man returns to the same place where the tree meets girl turned woman and resume their love, but soon has to leave again because he has to return to the revolution
El karateca azteca
Photoscience Manager
Potter who makes fake pre-Colombian statues gets mixed up with thieves and treasure-hunters at an Aztec art museum.
El Rey
Director of Photography
Mexican Revolution era: a guerilla faction kidnaps two members of a governing family to negotiate a ransom.
Devil's Mountain
Cinematography
Adaptation of cowboy comic-book El Payo, #2 in a series.
The Devil's Horse
Director of Photography
Highly convoluted Mexican concoction involving the titular 'Devil's Horse' and a violent son brought back to life, courtesy of the aforementioned Devil who begins straight away to be even more violent then before, this time extending his violence to women and animals.
De sangre chicana
Director of Photography
Young Mexican-American studies for his MD and triumphs as a professional wrestler while his brother and sister stagnate in the barrio.
The Vampires of Coyoacan
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In the service of Satan, a murderous vampire is turning wrestlers into his unwitting thrall, and it's up to Mil Máscaras and Superzan to stop him and save the world.
El hijo del pueblo
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At the end of an unhappy romance, a Mexico City cabdriver decides he's fed up with big-city classism and hypocrisy, and goes home to his ranch. Soon, a group of city-folk are stranded on his property and dependent on him for help and sustenance.
Triumph of the Champions of Justice
Cinematography
Mano Negra sends a group of alien dwarves led by Aker to the state laboratory to kidnap the professor Arego and obtain the formula for the cultivation of microorganisms. The formula is divided among his four daughters and most work at a circus. The aliens take capsules that make themselves invisible, kidnap the girls and are eventually revealed to be blue-skinned, red-eyed monsters who are reduced to a puddle of green goo when killed.
El tigre de Santa Julia
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Band of ex-soldiers embark on a life of crime; their leader, meanwhile, wants to track down the man who murdered his parents.
El juego de la guitarra
Cinematography
The Man and the Beast
Director of Photography
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, adapted once again.
Pobre, pero honrada!
Director of Photography
Beloved Mexican screen star La India Maria portrays a poor but honorable woman who causes a stir around town when she decides to become a witch doctor in this classic comedy from director Fernando Cortes. When the real medical practitioner in town discovers that there's a new shaman around, the comic trouble that follows is sure to keep viewers in stitches. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
¡Qué familia tan cotorra!
Director of Photography
Azul
Cinematography
Rich man who owns an island sanctuary is involved in some shady business. Meanwhile, his daughter... and also meanwhile, the tribe of hippies that are racing around on dune buggies...
Tonta tonta, pero no tanto
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La mula de Cullen Baker
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Siempre hay una primera vez
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Piranhas Love in Lent
Cinematography
Backwards fishing village is home to a widow and her teenaged daughter. Neighbors suspect the mother of having murdered her husband. A tourist in town gets it into his head to put the smooth big city moves on both women. And the-e-en...
Las chivas rayadas
Assistant Camera
The comical misadventures of two brothers who are part of the local soccer team and their family.