Emilio "El Indio" Fernández (born Emilio Fernández Romo, March 26, 1904 – August 6, 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best known for his work as director of the film Maria Candelaria, which won the Palme d'Or award at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. As an actor, he worked in numerous film productions of Mexico and also in Hollywood.
The Wild Bunch
(Gen. Mapache)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
(El Jefe)
The Appaloosa
(Lazaro)
Return of the Seven
(Francisco Lorca)
The War Wagon
(Calita)
The Kidnapping of Lola
(Commander Prieto)
Flying Down to Rio
(Dancer (uncredited))
The Imposter
Treasure of the Amazon
(Tacho / Paco)
La Bandida
(Epigmenio Gomez)
La Cucaracha
(Coronel Antonio Zeta)
Wild Flower
(Rogelio Torres)
The Reward
(Sergeant Lopez)
La recta final
(Don Lucio)
My Son, the Hero
(Pascual Velasco)
Janitzio
(Zirahuén)
Observations Under the Volcano
(Self)
Breakout
(J.V.)
Pink Zone
El fanfarrón: ¡Aquí llegó el valentón!
(Aguilucho)
Con Los Dorados De Villa
Marihuana El Monstruo Verde
El Zorro de Jalisco
(Ernesto)
Adios Nicanor
El charro Negro
(Emilio Gómez)
The Underdogs
(Pancracio)
Notes from Under the Volcano
(Self)
El crepúsculo de un dios
(Himself)
The Sunrise Trail
(Pancho)
Under the Volcano
(Diosdado)
The Land of Missing Men
(Lopez)
La conquista de El Dorado
Celos
(Sebastián)
Little Town
(Coronel)
El rincón de las vírgenes
(Anacleto Morones)
Un callejón sin salida
(Moran)
Erótica
(Hernández)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
(Paco)
Almas rebeldes
Ahora mis pistolas hablan
A Covenant with Death
(Ignacio)
Hard Breed to Kill
(Ringo)
The Phantom Gunslinger
(Sheriff)
El revólver sangriento
(Félix Gómez)
The Night of the Iguana
(Barkeeper (uncredited))
Los hermanos Muerte
El Silencioso
(Emilio Segura)
El caudillo
Yo, el valiente
Duelo de pistoleros
Duelo en El Dorado
Political Asylum
(General Salino)
Cruz Diablo
(Toparca, bandolero)
Mercenarios de la Muerte
The Super Madman
(Idúa)
Lovers of the Lord of the Night
(Don Venustiano)
Una Gallina Muy Ponedora
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
((archive footage))
The Western Code
(Indian Joe)
Wounded Dove
(Danilo Zata)
Arriba Michoacán
Lola the Truck Driver
(Comandante Prieto)
Las mujeres mandan
The Enemy Blood
(Juan)
Los malvados
Las cabareteras
Juan sin miedo
La Chamuscada
(Margarito Herrero)
Las cuatro milpas
Rancho Alegre
Un dorado de Pancho Villa
(Aurelio Pérez)
Passion Island
The Smugglers
(Cesare Brunelli)
Cinématon XIX
(N°187)
Allá en el Rancho Grande
(Bailarín)
Kung Fu
Columbo
(Miguel)
Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Island Feast
(Founder of Restaurante Sa Foradada)
La malquerida
(Screenplay)
La malquerida
(Director)
The Dead Speak
(Adaptation)
The Dead Speak
(Writer)
Maria Candelaria
(Director)
Maria Candelaria
(Writer)
The Pearl
(Director)
The Abduction
(Director)
Wild Flower
(Screenplay)
Wild Flower
(Director)
The Abandoned
(Director)
Bugambilia
(Director)
Enamorada
(Director)
Salon Mexico
(Director)
Victims of Sin
(Director)
Pueblerina
(Director)
Pueblerina
(Writer)
Río escondido
(Director)
Río escondido
(Story)
Maclovia
(Director)
The Net
(Director)
The Torch
(Screenplay)
The Torch
(Director)
Una cita de amor
(Director)
La Choca
(Writer)
One Day of Life
(Writer)
One Day of Life
(Director)
Little Town
(Director)
El crepúsculo de un dios
(Director)
Cuando levanta la niebla
(Director)
El crepúsculo de un dios
(Writer)
El crepúsculo de un dios
(Producer)
The Night of the Iguana
(Associate Producer)
Rebellion of the Hanged
(Director)
La Tierra del Fuego se apaga
(Director)
Duelo en las montañas
(Director)
Reportaje
(Director)
Pepita Jimenez
(Director)
Erótica
(Director)
Acapulco
(Director)
Pink Zone
(Director)
Siempre tuya
(Director)
El impostor
(Director)
The Abandoned
(Writer)
Little Town
(Writer)
La Choca
(Director)
La bienamada
(Director)
México Norte
(Director)
Las Islas Marias
(Director)
The Magnificent Seven
(Assistant Director)
Soy puro mexicano
(Director)
Las Islas Marias
(Writer)
Siempre tuya
(Writer)
Maclovia
(Screenplay)
Nosotros dos
(Director)
The Abduction
(Adaptation)
Bugambilia
(Story)
The Pearl
(Screenplay)
Pepita Jimenez
(Screenplay)
El fanfarrón: ¡Aquí llegó el valentón!
(Adaptation)
Wounded Dove
(Director)
Wounded Dove
(Writer)
Erótica
(Writer)
Victims of Sin
(Screenplay)
Salon Mexico
(Screenplay)
Passion Island
(Director)
Enamorada
(Screenplay)
The Net
(Screenplay)
The Fugitive
(Associate Producer)
Un dorado de Pancho Villa
(Writer)
Un dorado de Pancho Villa
(Producer)
La Tierra del Fuego se apaga
(Writer)
Duelo en las montañas
(Writer)
Passion Island
(Story)
Passion Island
(Screenplay)
Un dorado de Pancho Villa
(Director)
El mar y tu
(Director)
El mar y tu
(Writer)
La rosa blanca
(Director)
La rosa blanca
(Writer)
Pink Zone
(Writer)
Acapulco
(Writer)
Nosotros dos
(Writer)
The Fugitive
(Co-Director)