José Benavides (director)

José Benavides
Born	1911 Mexico City, Mexico
Died	17 September 1945 Jojutla, Morelos, Mexico
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter,
Years active	1935–1945 (film)

José Benavides hijo (1911–1945) was a Mexican screenwriter and film director.[1][2] He directed fourteen feature films during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema before his career was cut short by his early death.

Selected filmography

• The Adventurous Captain (1939)
• Three Peasants on a Donkey (1939)
• Poor Devil (1940)
• El Zorro de Jalisco (1941)
• Alejandra (1942)
• Land of Passions (1943)
• A Woman's Diary (1944)
• The Two Orphans (1944)
• Caribbean Rose (1946)
• The Operetta Queen (1946)

References

1. Sadlier p.35
2. Paranaguá p.299

Bibliography

• Irwin, Robert & Ricalde, Maricruz. Global Mexican Cinema: Its Golden Age. British Film Institute, 2013.
• Paulo Antonio Paranaguá. Mexican Cinema. British Film Institute, 1995.
• Sadlier, Darlene Joy (ed.) Latin American Melodrama: Passion, Pathos, and Entertainment. University of Illinois Press, 2009.

External links

• José Benavides at IMDb