René Cardona
Still: Santo contra los jinetes del terrorFilmmaker, actor, editor and producer René CARDONA (1905, Cuba) is considered to be a key part of Mexico’s golden age of cinema, and directed more than 100 films. He studied medicine in Cuba, before moving to New York in 1926. After befriending actor Rodolfo Valentino, he found work as an extra. He wrote, directed, produced and starred in his first film Sombras Habaneras (1929), the first Spanish-language film made in Hollywood. In 1932, he moved to Mexico. Many of his films have become cult classics, including Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy (1964), and Night of the Bloody Apes (1969). He won the award for Best International Family Film for Santa Claus (1959) at San Francisco International Film Festival.
Filmography
(selection) Glorioso vuelo de los aviadores Barberon y Collar (1925, short doc), Sombras habaneras/Havana Shadows (1930), Don Juan Tenorio (1937), Allá en el rancho chico (1938), Jesusita en Chihuahua (1942), The Count of Monte Cristo (1942), El precio de una vida (1945), The Associate (1946), Mi madre adorada (1948), Santa Claus (1959), La horripilante bestia humana/Night of the Bloody Apes (1969), Santo contra los jinetes del terror/Santo vs. the Riders of Terror (1970), Entre monjas anda el diablo/The Devil Walks Among Nuns (1973), Jalisco nunca pierde (1974), El pequeño Robin Hood (1975), Supervivientes de los Andes (1976), Survive! (1976), La guerra de los pasteles (1979), Carlos el terrorista (1980)