Ismael Rodríguez Ruelas (October 19, 1917 – August 7, 2004) was an acclaimed Mexican film director. Rodríguez directed many major stars, including Pedro Infante, Dolores del Río, María Félix, and even Toshiro Mifune, the favorite actor of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, as a Mexican Indian in the film Ánimas Trujano (1961). This film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Rodríguez's most renowned international film is Tizoc, in which Pedro Infante-who starred alongside Maria Felix -received a Golden Globe nomination for best actor. For this role, Infante won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Pedro Infante died in a plane crash. on April 15, 1957, before receiving the award. When Ismael Rodriguez asked Pedro's mother to keep the Silver Bear, she refused to accept it. Instead she told Rodriguez that because He had "made" Pedro Infante, deserved to keep the statue. He humbly did. Rodriguez, not only worked with the best of Mexican and international actors, he made some of the most memorable movies of the time. A brilliant writer/director.
Mimí Derba
(Self)
El hombre cine mexicano: Pedro Infante, el mito
Fervor Infantilista
(Himself)
Santa
No te engañes corazón
(Empleado oficina (uncredited))
You the Rich
(Transeúnte (uncredited))
Full Spead Ahead
(Hombre que cuelga el telefono (uncredited))
Pepe El Toro
(Paseante (uncredited))
This was Pedro Infante
(Ismael Rodríguez)
Damned City!
(Paquita's wooer)
The Black Sheep
(Director)
The Black Sheep
(Screenplay)
No desearás la mujer de tu hijo
(Director)
No desearás la mujer de tu hijo
(Writer)
Pepe El Toro
(Director)
Los Tres Huastecos
(Director)
Over the Waves
(Director)
You the Rich
(Director)
Damned City!
(Writer)
Damned City!
(Producer)
Autopsy of a Ghost
(Director)
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
(Director)
Full Spead Ahead
(Director)
Full Spead Ahead
(Screenplay)
We the Poor
(Director)
My General's Wives
(Director)
Tizoc
(Director)
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
(Director)
La Bandida
(Producer)
Dos tipos de cuidado
(Director)
Dos tipos de cuidado
(Writer)
Vuelven los García
(Director)
Vuelven los García
(Screenplay)
The Three Garcías
(Director)
The Three Garcías
(Writer)
La Cucaracha
(Director)
La Cucaracha
(Writer)
La Cucaracha
(Producer)
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
(Director)
Cuando lloran los valientes
(Director)
Cuando lloran los valientes
(Writer)
The Important Man
(Director)
The Important Man
(Adaptation)
The Important Man
(Screenplay)
The Important Man
(Producer)
The Paper Man
(Director)
The Paper Man
(Screenplay)
The Paper Man
(Producer)
Escándalo de estrellas
(Director)
Escándalo de estrellas
(Writer)
¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
(Director)
My Son, the Hero
(Director)
My Son, the Hero
(Adaptation)
Masacre en el río Tula
(Writer)
From the Village to TV
(Writer)
From the Village to TV
(Producer)
Beautiful Michoacán
(Director)
Dos tipas de cuidado
(Director)
Chewing Gum
(Director)
Chewing Gum
(Writer)
Chewing Gum
(Producer)
Ratero
(Director)
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
(Director)
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
(Director)
Becoming Frederick Douglass
(Cinematography)
Unethical Behaviour
(Director)
Burdel
(Director)
Land of Men
(Writer)
Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra
(Director)
Reclusorio
(Director)
Reclusorio
(Screenplay)
Fuera de la ley
(Director)
Fuera de la ley
(Screenplay)
Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!!
(Director)
The Mighty Jungle
(Director)
To Each His Own Life
(Executive Producer)
To Each His Own Life
(Producer)
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
(Writer)
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
(Producer)
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
(Writer)
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
(Producer)
From the Village to TV
(Director)
Over the Waves
(Writer)
My General's Wives
(Writer)
Storm in the souls
(Director)
Cupido pierde a Paquita
(Director)
The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall
(Director)
Cuernos debajo de la cama
(Director)
Snow White and Her 7 Lovers
(Director)
Land of Men
(Director)
El secreto del sacerdote
(Adaptation)
El secreto del sacerdote
(Screenplay)
Los paquetes de Paquita
(Director)
Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra
(Supervising Technical Director)
El tigre de Yautepec
(Sound Montage Associate)
Damned City!
(Director)
Mi niño Tizoc
(Director)
Las Islas Marias
(Producer)
Gang Members
(Producer)
Solicito marido para engañar
(Director)
Mi niño Tizoc
(Adaptation)
Mi niño Tizoc
(Screenplay)
The Door and The Butcher's Wife
(Director)
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
(Screenplay)
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
(Producer)
El gran premio
(Producer)
The Scent of Death
(Screenplay)
Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!!
(Screenplay)
Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!!
(Producer)
Tizoc
(Story)
The Three Garcías
(Producer)
Viviré otra vez
(Producer)
We the Poor
(Producer)
Los Tres Huastecos
(Screenplay)
Nosotros los feos
(Director)
You the Rich
(Screenplay)
Pepe El Toro
(Screenplay)
¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
(Screenplay)
Cuernos debajo de la cama
(Screenplay)
Solicito marido para engañar
(Screenplay)
Solicito marido para engañar
(Executive Producer)
The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall
(Writer)
Romance de fieras
(Director)
Romance de fieras
(Writer)
This was Pedro Infante
(Director)
Reclusorio III
(Director)
Reclusorio III
(Writer)
We the Poor
(Story)
Amores de ayer
(Director)
Trampa para una niña
(Director)
¡Ya tengo a mi hijo!
(Director)
¡Yerba sangrienta!
(Director)
¡Qué verde era mi padre!
(Director)
El ogro
(Director)
El secuestro de los cien millones
(Director)
Píntame angelitos blancos
(Director)
Burdel
(Writer)
Burdel
(Producer)
Corrupción
(Director)
Corrupción
(Screenplay)
Corrupción
(Producer)
The Door and The Butcher's Wife
(Story)
The Door and The Butcher's Wife
(Producer)
¡Ya tengo a mi hijo!
(Writer)
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle
(Production Executive)