Miguel Zacarías

Miguel Zacarías

Nascimento : 1905-03-19, Mexico City, Mexico

Morte : 2006-04-20

História

Zacarías began directing for film in 1933. Even from his early career he developed a reputation for recognizing new acting talent and founded the careers of the some of Mexico's most notable actors including Pedro Armendáriz in Rosario (1935), María Félix, Marga López, Esther Fernández, and Manuel Medel. His 1961 film Juana Gallo was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival. Zacarías directed his last film in 1986. He died at the age of 101 on April 20, 2006.

Perfil

Miguel Zacarías

Filmes

The Nativity: The Life of Jesus Christ
Writer
Jesus Christ goes from being born in a manger to being King of the Jews . Walk where he walked, see what He did, and be where He died. What made him more than just a man in some peoples eyes but an impostor in others'? ...
The Nativity: The Life of Jesus Christ
Director
Jesus Christ goes from being born in a manger to being King of the Jews . Walk where he walked, see what He did, and be where He died. What made him more than just a man in some peoples eyes but an impostor in others'? ...
Demonoid: Messenger of Death
Executive Producer
A British woman visits her husband at the Mexican mine he is attempting to reopen and discovers that the workers refuse to enter the mine, fearing an ancient curse. The couple enter the mine to prove there is no danger and inadvertently release a demon which possesses people's left hands and forces them to behave in a suitably diabolical manner.
The Bees
Executive Producer
Corporate smuggling of South American killer bees into the United States results in huge swarms terrorizing the northern hemisphere. A small team of scientists work desperately to destroy the threat, but the bees soon mutate into a super-intelligent species that threatens the world.
Fuga da Ilha do Diabo
Co-Producer
In 1916, a group of prisoners plot their escape from the notorious fortress located in French Guiana.
El bueno para nada
Producer
Bumbling inventor/jack of all trades does sketch-comedy stuff for 65 minutes, then rescues Mexico City from a Mad Scientist triggering earthquakes.
El metiche
Producer
Clownish simpleton can't resist meddling in his neighbors' business. Pretty much a remake of El Reveltoso.
Jesús, María y José
Writer
The founder of Christianity and his sacred family.
Jesús, María y José
Director
The founder of Christianity and his sacred family.
Capulina vs. the Vampires
Producer
Delivery boy answers a call to take some food to that huge spooky mansion on the hill behind the cemetery.
Jesús, el niño Dios
Writer
Jesús, el niño Dios
Director
The Moderate Doctor
Producer
Underqualified doofus tries to run a medical clinic.
The Moderate Doctor
Screenplay
Underqualified doofus tries to run a medical clinic.
Espérame en Siberia, vida mía
Producer
Debauched playboy has a hypochondriac streak and an unscrupulous doctor that profits from it.
Jesús, nuestro Señor
Writer
Third movie in "Life of Christ" trilogy.
Jesús, nuestro Señor
Director
Third movie in "Life of Christ" trilogy.
Claudia y el deseo
Director
Woman enters into a marriage of convenience, then has to learn to deal with her continued attraction to other men that she might have preferred.
Capulina Corazón de León
Director
It didn't really have a plot, but things happened: bumbling bozo raises a lion cub in his apartment, bumbling bozo gets a lion's heart transplantedd into him, bumbling bozo gets mixed up with criminals.
Estafa de amor
Screenplay
Based on the novel by Caridad Bravo Adams.
Estafa de amor
Director
Based on the novel by Caridad Bravo Adams.
The Sin of Adam and Eve
Writer
Absurd retelling of the story of Adam and Eve, this was the first of several biblical movies by director Miguel Zacarías that were intended to inspire the faithful but only inspired laughter instead. This film gained much notoriety due to the abundant nudity of its stars and was released worldwide.
The Sin of Adam and Eve
Director
Absurd retelling of the story of Adam and Eve, this was the first of several biblical movies by director Miguel Zacarías that were intended to inspire the faithful but only inspired laughter instead. This film gained much notoriety due to the abundant nudity of its stars and was released worldwide.
Stranger in the House
Writer
An American serial killer, known for his handiwork with a straight razor, manages to escape while being transported in Mexico and hides out inside a publisher's home, where he claims many more victims.
The Specter's Road
Producer
A group of people, including Capulina and Viruta, head towards the city by train. A heavy storm interrupts their journey and now they must take a haunted path to reach they city. (English Subtitled)
Dos pintores pintorescos
Producer
Two house-painters go to art school. Also bad guys try to kill them.
Los alegres Aguilares
Director
Identical cousins with mismatched Odd Couple personalities.
Los dos rivales
Director
Ranchera comedy -- the hero thinks his girlfriend has another suitor... but the suitor is really she herself in man-drag.
Juan Colorado
Screenplay
Silvia's father wants to marry her off to Rafael who, out of jealousy, wants to finish off Juan. Silvia dresses up as Juan to save his skin.
Juan Colorado
Director
Silvia's father wants to marry her off to Rafael who, out of jealousy, wants to finish off Juan. Silvia dresses up as Juan to save his skin.
The Four Juanes
Director
Juan Sin Fiedo (Javier Solis), Juan Colorado (Antonio Aguilar), Juan Pistolas (Luis Aguilar) and Juan Charrasqueado join their destinies during the Mexican Revolution.
La vida de Pedro Infante
Director
Standard biopic...
Escuela para solteras
Producer
All-star ranchera fest, rom-com style. Four charros, four eligible young ladies.
Escuela para solteras
Adaptation
All-star ranchera fest, rom-com style. Four charros, four eligible young ladies.
Escuela para solteras
Director
All-star ranchera fest, rom-com style. Four charros, four eligible young ladies.
Los astronautas
Director
Outer-space comedy; courting the sexy Venusgals and running away from the brutish Marsdudes.
¡En peligro de muerte!
Producer
Juana Gallo
Writer
Peasant woman leads a regiment during the final days of the Mexican Revolution. Also, romantic entanglements.
Juana Gallo
Director
Peasant woman leads a regiment during the final days of the Mexican Revolution. Also, romantic entanglements.
El sordo
Adaptation
Craftsman who sculpts religious figures goes deaf. Lotsa pathos.
El gran espectáculo
Producer
El gran espectáculo
Writer
El gran espectáculo
Director
Sueños de oro
Writer
Sueños de oro
Director
La faraona
Producer
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.
La faraona
Writer
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.
Music School
Producer
Music School
Director
Music School
Writer
Beware of Love
Producer
Salvador accompanied by two friends of his father whom he calls uncles, they arrive at a fair in the village, there he meets Ana. When he wins a bet he is paid with a mortgaged house, to his surprise upon entering the hom he realizes that Ana and her mother live in it, provoking a funny entanglement with an explosive final.
Beware of Love
Writer
Salvador accompanied by two friends of his father whom he calls uncles, they arrive at a fair in the village, there he meets Ana. When he wins a bet he is paid with a mortgaged house, to his surprise upon entering the hom he realizes that Ana and her mother live in it, provoking a funny entanglement with an explosive final.
Beware of Love
Director
Salvador accompanied by two friends of his father whom he calls uncles, they arrive at a fair in the village, there he meets Ana. When he wins a bet he is paid with a mortgaged house, to his surprise upon entering the hom he realizes that Ana and her mother live in it, provoking a funny entanglement with an explosive final.
La infame
Director
Sad lonely spinster makes friends with a little boy in the park, ends up kidnapping him when she learns about how unloved and neglected he is at home. And then...
Anxiety
Director
Twins (both played by Infante) are separated while very young, one raised as a singer by their widowed mother and another as the heir to one of Mexico's richest families. Their paths cross in the future, but they are unable to recognize each other due to their very different social backgrounds.
La alegre casada
Director
Housewife gets ticked off at her philandering hubby, falls under the influence of a cougarish rich widow and decides to start partying the way her husband does.
El enamorado
Screenplay
Martin retired from his job as a hero because of his marriage to Rosario, a beautiful and ambitious girl who passed through the workshop where he works. However, Martin has to return in principle to help a friend from robbers.
El enamorado
Director
Martin retired from his job as a hero because of his marriage to Rosario, a beautiful and ambitious girl who passed through the workshop where he works. However, Martin has to return in principle to help a friend from robbers.
La loca
Producer
Mentally-ill woman went over the edge 15 years earlier, as a result of family traumas and the disappearance of her daughter. Now, present day, evil relatives are trying to take control of money she's inherited...
La loca
Writer
Mentally-ill woman went over the edge 15 years earlier, as a result of family traumas and the disappearance of her daughter. Now, present day, evil relatives are trying to take control of money she's inherited...
La loca
Director
Mentally-ill woman went over the edge 15 years earlier, as a result of family traumas and the disappearance of her daughter. Now, present day, evil relatives are trying to take control of money she's inherited...
Here Comes Martin Corona
Director
Martin Corona, player and womanizer, defends the underprivileged, the poor and the needy. He will have to defend a Spanish girl and her servant from the clutches of the villainous of the town. Not only will he have to fight the bad guy, but against the pride of the girl who initially believes that he is the bad character and distrusts him. She was very proud to put him at her feet, but there was a problem, Martin Corona was due more to his people than anyone and she was not willing to risk losing it, so before marrying him, made him swear he would not intervene In other problems.
Here Comes Martin Corona
Producer
Martin Corona, player and womanizer, defends the underprivileged, the poor and the needy. He will have to defend a Spanish girl and her servant from the clutches of the villainous of the town. Not only will he have to fight the bad guy, but against the pride of the girl who initially believes that he is the bad character and distrusts him. She was very proud to put him at her feet, but there was a problem, Martin Corona was due more to his people than anyone and she was not willing to risk losing it, so before marrying him, made him swear he would not intervene In other problems.
Necesito dinero
Director
La marquesa del barrio
Director
Rich widow recovers from a thirty-year alcoholic fugue and resumes her previous life.
Tierra baja
Producer
A poor shepherd is convinced to marry a beautiful woman. This is a Maquiavellian plan schemed by the woman's fiancé and her father.
Tierra baja
Screenplay
A poor shepherd is convinced to marry a beautiful woman. This is a Maquiavellian plan schemed by the woman's fiancé and her father.
Tierra baja
Director
A poor shepherd is convinced to marry a beautiful woman. This is a Maquiavellian plan schemed by the woman's fiancé and her father.
Piña madura
Director
Bad woman plays men off each other to her advantage; she ends up with about 8 guys she's leading around by the nose. How long can this last?
El dolor de los hijos
Screenplay
The story of a family with nine children and the conflicts that exist between them.
El dolor de los hijos
Director
The story of a family with nine children and the conflicts that exist between them.
La vorágine: abismos de amor
Producer
It narrates the adventures of the poet Arturo Cova and his lover Alicia, a story of passion and revenge framed in the plain lands and the Amazon jungle where the two lovers scape from society, and which exposes throughout its plot the harsh living conditions of settlers and Indians enslaved during the rubber rush.
La vorágine: abismos de amor
Writer
It narrates the adventures of the poet Arturo Cova and his lover Alicia, a story of passion and revenge framed in the plain lands and the Amazon jungle where the two lovers scape from society, and which exposes throughout its plot the harsh living conditions of settlers and Indians enslaved during the rubber rush.
La vorágine: abismos de amor
Director
It narrates the adventures of the poet Arturo Cova and his lover Alicia, a story of passion and revenge framed in the plain lands and the Amazon jungle where the two lovers scape from society, and which exposes throughout its plot the harsh living conditions of settlers and Indians enslaved during the rubber rush.
El Colmillo de Buda
Producer
Burlesque version of The Moonstone; the Prince of Panchistan and his cohorts are in Mexico to retrieve a sacred relic. Wacky hijinks ensue.
Soledad
Writer
Soledad, a maid born in Argentina, works at a Mexican farm. The son of her employer will deceive her, pretending to marry her and leaving her pregnant. When she finds out that she has been tricked, she runs away from the farm. During her flight she meets a group of artists that'll change her life.
Soledad
Director
Soledad, a maid born in Argentina, works at a Mexican farm. The son of her employer will deceive her, pretending to marry her and leaving her pregnant. When she finds out that she has been tricked, she runs away from the farm. During her flight she meets a group of artists that'll change her life.
Si me han de matar mañana
Director
Romantic triangle during the Mexican Revolution.
Flor de durazno
Producer
City slicker scams on young farmgirl while her fiance's in USA on a work permit.
Flor de durazno
Adaptation
City slicker scams on young farmgirl while her fiance's in USA on a work permit.
Flor de durazno
Director
City slicker scams on young farmgirl while her fiance's in USA on a work permit.
Me he de comer esa tuna
Adaptation
In rural Mexico, a young man competes with his best school friend for the love of a girl whose marriage has been arranged by her parents.
Me he de comer esa tuna
Story
In rural Mexico, a young man competes with his best school friend for the love of a girl whose marriage has been arranged by her parents.
Me he de comer esa tuna
Director
In rural Mexico, a young man competes with his best school friend for the love of a girl whose marriage has been arranged by her parents.
A Letter of Love
Writer
Moments before he will be executed by the French Intervention Army, the liberal leader reads a love letter by his girlfriend. His memories provide the poetic pictures of this romantic historical drama.
A Letter of Love
Director
Moments before he will be executed by the French Intervention Army, the liberal leader reads a love letter by his girlfriend. His memories provide the poetic pictures of this romantic historical drama.
The Spirit's Canyon
Producer
The love between María Ángela and Fernando is impossible because there's an ancient history of hate between their families. His father killed hers, and other family members have killed each other for years. When María Ángela's grandfather finds she's in love with Fernando, he frames the young man and forces her to marry Manuel. Maria Ángela finds that Manuel doesn't love her and together plan her escape with Fernando. But things go wrong and the lovers find their destiny in The Spirit's Canyon.
The Spirit's Canyon
Screenplay
The love between María Ángela and Fernando is impossible because there's an ancient history of hate between their families. His father killed hers, and other family members have killed each other for years. When María Ángela's grandfather finds she's in love with Fernando, he frames the young man and forces her to marry Manuel. Maria Ángela finds that Manuel doesn't love her and together plan her escape with Fernando. But things go wrong and the lovers find their destiny in The Spirit's Canyon.
The Spirit's Canyon
Director
The love between María Ángela and Fernando is impossible because there's an ancient history of hate between their families. His father killed hers, and other family members have killed each other for years. When María Ángela's grandfather finds she's in love with Fernando, he frames the young man and forces her to marry Manuel. Maria Ángela finds that Manuel doesn't love her and together plan her escape with Fernando. But things go wrong and the lovers find their destiny in The Spirit's Canyon.
Papá se desenreda
Director
Love of my loves
Screenplay
La cuna vacía
Director
Male half of a young couple gets distracted from his family duties and considers abandoning his wife and daughter.
El baúl macabro
Director
A crazed scientist tries to keep his terminally ill wife alive by transfusing into her the blood of young women he murders.
Sobre las olas
Director
Based on the brief life of the Mexican composer of the famous waltz, "Over the Waves" ("Sobre las Olas"), Juventino Rosas.