Juan Manuel Torres

Known for

Directing

Born

Apr 5, 1938

Died

Mar 17, 1980

From

Minatitlán, Veracruz, Mexico

Juan Manuel Torres Sáenz (April 5, 1938 - March 17, 1980) was a Mexican writer, translator, screenwriter and filmmaker. Author of the book of stories El viaje (1969) and the novel Didascalias (1970). Between 1962 and 1968 he studied at the Leon Schiller National School of Film, Television and Theater in Lodz, Poland. He returned to Mexico and directed the films La otra virginidad (The Other Virginity, 1974), La vida cambia (Life Changes, 1975), El mar (The Sea, 1976) and La mujer perfecta (The Perfect Woman, 1977). In 1975 he won the Ariel de Oro for Best Film (along with Emilio Fernández for La Choca) and the Ariel de Plata for Best Direction for La Otra Virginidad. He died in a car accident in the early hours of March 17, 1980, when the car he was driving crashed on the Tlalpan road, shortly before his 42nd birthday.

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6 Bullets to Hell

20146.0out of 10

The Other Virginity

19755.2out of 10

Diamantes, Oro y Amor

19735.6out of 10

End of the Party

19725.4out of 10

The Perfect Woman

19795.7out of 10

El mar

19774.3out of 10

Tú, yo, nosotros

19726.3out of 10

Life Changes

19766.0out of 10

East of West

19845.5out of 10