Jaime Contreras

Movies

Unethical Behaviour
Assistant Director
A family in extreme poverty is forced to make a series of sacrifices in order to survive.
The Night of the Iguana
Assistant Director
A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.
La cárcel de Cananea
Assistant Director
Law officer tracks and recaptures escaped convict.
The Magnificent Seven
Assistant Director
An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales
Assistant Director
A taxidermist decides to murder his wife after having to put up with her after twenty years of hellish marriage.
La faraona
Assistant Director
Pastora Heredia is a beautiful gypsy with great character who always tries to help the needy. One day she gots the notice of the death of his grandfather, a millionaire who lived in Mexico and that since his father was angry, she knew nothing of him. However, as Pastora was his only granddaughter and sole heir of all his property, it does not hesitate to cross the pond to claim his inheritance. But once there is that Don Guillermo, grandfather, not dead.
Las locuras de Tin Tan
Assistant Director
Tin-Tan wants to builds an ice cream machine.
Por querer a una mujer
Assistant Director
Ranch melodrama: romantic triangle leads to multiple murders.
Por querer a una mujer
Script
Ranch melodrama: romantic triangle leads to multiple murders.
Por querer a una mujer
Adaptation
Ranch melodrama: romantic triangle leads to multiple murders.
Radio Patrulla
Screenplay
Mexican feature film
Radio Patrulla
Story
Mexican feature film
One Day of Life
Assistant Director
A story about two men caught in the Mexican revolution: close friends before, but now on the opposite sides. One of them is military officer, while the other one expects capital punishment. The prisoner's mother comes to visit his son, unaware that his former best friend is now his enemy.
Si fuera una cualquiera
Writer
La malquerida
Assistant Director
Emilio Fernandez directs Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz in a classic tale of family and obsession. Raimunda's daughter Acacia hates her stepfather Esteban, and in order to escape her suffocating home life she's accepted a marriage proposal from a man she doesn't even love. But Esteban has become obsessed with Acacia, and in order to ensure that she doesn't leave he's plotting to murder the girl's unsuspecting fiancée. As Esteban's true nature emerges, mother and daughter must band together to support one another and make sure that their family bond remains strong even in the darkest of times.
What a Beautiful Legs!
Assistant Director
A man hired to impersonate a bankrupt business mogul who is currently on the run from creditors sets out organize a musical starring beauties from Brazil, Mexico, and Spain in this Spanish-language comedy starring popular funnyman Tin Tan. Now, as the hapless imposter attempts to finance a musical without any money, he also discovers just how difficult it can be to juggle three beautiful starlets who all have eyes for their presumably wealthy producer.
Mystery in Mexico
Assistant Director
Insurance detective Steve Hastings is sent by his company to investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent. His first lead is the agent's fetching sister, Victoria, whom he trails to Mexico City. After charming his way into her confidence, Steve helps Vicki unravel the mystery.
Women in the Night
Assistant Director
During WW2 six allied nations women at Shanghai University are arrested by the Germans accused of killing a German officer and forced to entertain the Japanese.
Maria Candelaria
Assistant Director
A young journalist asks an old artist about the portrait of a naked Indian woman that he has in his study. The artist tells the story of Maria Candelaria, a young Indian woman who was rejected by her own people for being the daughter of a prostitute. She is protected by a young Indian man, Lorenzo Rafael, who has fallen in love with her.
Beautiful Michoacán
Assistant Director
When her father dies, a young woman must go to Michoacán to take charge of her lands, where she meets a young man and they both fall in love.
El secreto del sacerdote
Assistant Director
Three boys grow up to be a priest, a military commander and the town mayor.