Luis Alcoriza de la Vega (5 September 1918 – 3 December 1992) was a respected Mexican screenwriter, film director, and actor. Alcoriza was born in Spain and established himself in Mexico from 1940. His 1962 film Tlayucan was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His 1987 film Lo que Importa es Vivir was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.

KNOWN FOR

The Exterminating Angel
1962
The Young and the Damned
1950
Robinson Crusoe
1954
Death in the Garden
1956
The King of México
1956
The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
2017
Si usted no puede, yo sí
1951
Illusion Travels by Streetcar
1954
Daughter of Deceit
1951
The Brute
1953
La sombra del ciprés es alargada
1990
El Siete Machos
1951

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
14
Directing
25
Writing
86
Crew
1
1997
A Mexican Buñuel
as Self
1950
Tú, solo tú
1949
The Great Madcap
as Alfredo
1948
Flor de caña
1948
Reina de reinas: La Virgen María
1948
La casa de la Troya
as Octavio Maragota
1946
Mary Magdalene, Sinner of Magdala
as Jesús Nazareno
1945
El capitán Malacara
1944
San Francisco de Asís
as Fray Bernardo de Quintavalle
1944
Rosa de las nieves
1944
Naná
as Héctor de la Falloise (uncredited)
1943
Los miserables
as Juan Prouvaire
1943
El rayo del sur
1942
La virgen morena