Directing
René Cardona
ES, EN, FR, AB cinema · 238 credits
Born
9 October 1905
Died
25 April 1988 (aged 82)
Birthplace
Havana, Cuba
Also known as René Cardona Sr. · Рене Кардона · Рене Кардона-старший · Рене Кардона-ст. · René Cardona Andre
René Cardona (October 8, 1905 – April 25, 1988) was a Mexican director, actor, producer, screenwriter, and film editor, who was prominent during part of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. René Cardona was born in Havana, Cuba, on October 8, 1905, and began medical school in Cuba, but due to the political problems of the island, he and his family moved to New York City in 1926, where he continued his studies. Economic circumstances experienced by his family caused him to leave his studies. He befriended famous actor Rodolfo Valentino and obtained work as an extra in several films, until 1929 when he produced, wrote, directed and starred in the first Spanish-language film made in Hollywood, Sombras habaneras (Havana Shadows). He also had the opportunity to work in various positions in the film industry such as second assistant, technical advisor and first assistant director, and learned film and lighting technique. In 1932, he moved to Mexico, where he debuted as an actor and met Julieta Zacarías, sister of the director Miguel Zacarías, and soon after married her. His wife's support would be central to his career in Mexican cinema, in films Mano a mano (1932) directed by Ramón Peón and Sobre las olas (1932) directed by Zacarías. At this early stage as an actor, Cardona participated in three key Mexican films Marihuana (1936), El baúl macabro (1936) and Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936), which officially inaugurate the golden age of Mexican cinema and made stars of its protagonists: Esther Fernández, Tito Guízar, and Cardona.
Known for
Filmography
Las Limpias
as Don Ignacio
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
as American
The Fury of the Karate Experts
as Professor Williams
Las computadoras
Director
Visita al Pasado
Director
Savage Summer
as Papá
Carlos El Terrorista
Director
Cyclone
Actor
Brood of Vipers
Actor, Director, Writer
Prisión de mujeres
as Mr. Williams, Director
La casta divina
as Consul Cubano
Una noche embarazosa
Director
La Folle de Chaillot
as Le rentier
Survive!
Director
El pequeño Robin Hood
Actor, Director
El valle de los miserables
as Don Luis Aguirre
Noche de muerte
Director
The Yellow Mafia
Director
The Vengeance of the Crying Woman
as Severo Segovia
Guns and Guts
as Monk
Jalisco nunca pierde
Director
Island of Lost Souls
Screenplay, Director
El Hijo Del Pueblo
Director, Screenplay
Zindy, the Swamp Boy
as Abuelo
El derecho de los pobres
Director, Adaptation, Story, Dialogue
Manuel Saldivar, el texano
Actor, Director
The Incredible Professor Zovek
Writer, Director
Jesús, el niño Dios
as Baltazar (as René Cardona Sr.)
La mula de Cullen Baker
as Capitán, Director, Writer
Santo vs. the Head Hunters
as Don Alonso Grijalva, Director, Writer
Capulina vs. the Vampires
Director, Screenplay
La hermana Trinquete
as Inspector, Story
Chanoc en las garras de las fieras
as Gang Member (as René Cardona Sr.)
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Second Unit Director
El pueblo del terror
Director
Santo vs. the Riders of Terror
Screenplay, Director
Night of the Bloody Apes
Director, Writer
Santo vs. Capulina
Director
Duelo en El Dorado
Director
Lauro Puñales
Director
The Vampire and Sex
Director
El Caballo Bayo
Director
El día de la boda
as Ramón
Operación carambola
as Scorpio Leader
The Bat Woman
Director
Lucio Vazquez
Director
Un novio para dos hermanas
as Sr. Mateos
Operation 67
Director
The Panther Women
Director
La vida de Pedro Infante
as Director
Santo vs. the Ghost of the Strangler
Director, Writer
Neutron Traps the Invisible Killers
Director, Writer
Santo vs. the Strangler
Writer, Director
Pistoleros del oeste
Director
Gabino Barrera
Director, Writer
El revólver sangriento
as Comisario
La edad de piedra
Director
La Bandida
as General Robles
Doctor of Doom
Director
María Pistolas
Director
Santo vs. the King of Crime
as Sr. Roberto de la Llata
The Brainiac
as Baltasar de Meneses / Luis Meneses
Juana Gallo
as Capitán Esquivel
The Crying Woman
Director
Juan Polainas
Director
La ley del más rápido
1959
La ley del más rápido
Actor, Director
El puma
Actor, Director, Writer
El sordo
Director
Santa Claus
Director, Writer
Angel from Hell
Director
Tom Thumb
Screenplay, Director
Las tres pelonas
Director
La cama de piedra
Director
Tú y la mentira
Director
Maratón de baile
Screenplay, Director
The Living Idol
Director
Pancho López
Director
Los hijos de Rancho Grande
as Don Felipe
¡Que seas feliz!
as Duarte
La faraona
as (uncredited), Director
Los margaritos
Director
El pueblo sin Dios
Director
As negro
Actor
Mulata
as Guevara
El enmascarado de plata
Story, Director
De ranchero a empresario
Director, Writer
Cain y Abel
Director
Póker de ases
Director
Por qué peca la mujer
Director, Screenplay
Vive como sea
Director
Port of Temptation
Director, Screenplay
Canasta Uruguaya
Director
Mujeres de teatro
Director
Vuelva el sábado
Director
Una viuda sin sostén
Director
Red Rain
Director
Gema
Director
Yo quiero ser hombre
Director
Gemma
Director
Yo quiero ser mala
Director
El Charro del Cristo
Director
Cartas Marcadas
Actor, Director, Screenplay
Lazos de fuego
Director, Adaptation
La última noche
Director
Mi madre adorada
Director, Writer
Soledad
as Roberto Covarrubias
El tigre de Jalisco
Director
¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!
as Mauricio Gómez, Director
El socio
as Corredor de bolsa (uncredited)
Asesinato en los estudios
as Director (uncredited)
El museo del crimen
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Mis hijos!
Director, Writer
Hotel de verano
Writer, Director
The Headless Woman
Director, Story, Adaptation
The Black Ace
Director, Story, Adaptation
The Rock of Souls
as Manuel
Divorciadas
as Luis Reiner
El espectro de la novia
Director, Adaptation
El conde de Montecristo
as Fernando Mondego / Conde de Morcef
Jesusita en Chihuahua
Actor, Director
Unidos por el eje
Actor, Director
El secreto del sacerdote
as Gabriel
Mala yerba
as Don Julián Andrade
Love of my loves
Director
La reina del río
Director
El cobarde
Director
Tierra brava
Director
Alarma
Director
Dos cadetes
Director
Don Juan Tenorio
as Don Juan Tenorio, Director, Screenplay
Honrarás a tus padres
as Conde de los Pinares
Marihuana (El monstruo verde)
as Antonio Pedroza
The Macabre Trunk
as Dr. Armando del Valle
Allá en el Rancho Grande
as Felipe
Malditas sean las mujeres
as Conde Osvaldo de Valdemar
El calvario de una esposa
as Sebastián Urquizo
Over the Waves
as Raúl
Hand to Hand
as Manuel Chávez
Carne de Cabaret
as Eddie Miller
Sombras habaneras
1929
Sombras habaneras
Actor, Director, Producer