René Cardona

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1905-10-09

Deathday 1988-04-25 (82 years old)

Place of Birth Havana, Cuba

Also Known As René Cardona Sr., Рене Кардона, Рене Кардона-старший, Рене Кардона-ст., René Cardona Andre

René Cardona

Biography

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

Director

1982
Las computadoras

as Director

1981
Visita al pasado

as Director

1980
Burlesque

as Director

1980
1978
Raza de viboras

as Director

1977
1977
1976
Survive!

as Director

1975
1975
Night of Death

as Director

1975
La mafia amarilla

as Director

1974
1974
Son of the Town

as Director

1974
1973
1973
1971
1970
Two Mules for Sister Sara

as Second Unit Director

1970
1970
1969
1969
Santo vs. Capulina

as Director

1969
Duelo en El Dorado

as Director

1969
1969
Lauro Puñales

as Director

1969
1968
The Bat Woman

as Director

1968
1968
Lucio Vázquez

as Director

1968
1967
Operation 67

as Director

1967
The Panther Women

as Director

1967
1966
El mexicano

as Director

1966
1965
1965
1965
1965
1964
La edad de piedra

as Director

1963
Doctor of Doom

as Director

1963
1963
María Pistolas

as Director

1962
1961
El globero

as Director

1961
1960
The Crying Woman

as Director

1960
A tiro limpio

as Director

1960
Juan Polainas

as Director

1959
Una señora movida

as Director

1959
1959
1959
El sordo

as Director

1959
Santa Claus

as Director

1959
El puma

as Director

1959
Angel from Hell

as Director

1958
1958
Las tres pelonas

as Director

1958
La cama de piedra

as Director

1958
Tú y la mentira

as Director

1958
Maratón de baile

as Director

1957
Tom Thumb

as Director

1957
The Living Idol

as Director

1957
Pancho López

as Director

1957
Un mundo nuevo

as Director

1956
La faraona

as Director

1956
Los margaritos

as Director

1956
1956
1955
Love From Afar

as Director

1955
El pueblo sin Dios

as Director

1955
1954
1954
1954
Cain y Abel

as Director

1954
1953
1952
Póker de ases

as Director

1952
1952
Vive como sea

as Director

1951
Port of Temptation

as Director

1951
Canasta Uruguaya

as Director

1951
Mujeres de teatro

as Director

1951
1951
Vuelva el sábado

as Director

1950
1950
Red Rain

as Director

1950
Gema

as Director

1950
1950
Gemma

as Director

1950
Yo quiero ser mala

as Director

1949
1949
1948
Lazos de fuego

as Director

1948
Cartas Marcadas

as Director

1948
La última noche

as Director

1948
Mi madre adorada

as Director

1947
1945
1945
1945
1944
Mis hijos!

as Director

1944
1944
Hotel de verano

as Director

1944
The Black Ace

as Director

1943
1942
1942
Unidos por el eje

as Director

1941
1940
Love of my loves

as Director

1939
La reina del río

as Director

1939
The Coward

as Director

1938
Tierra brava

as Director

1938
Alarma

as Director

1938
Estrellita

as Director

1938
1938
Dos cadetes

as Director

1937
Don Juan Tenorio

as Director

Actor

1987
Las Limpias

as Don Ignacio

1982
The Fury of the Karate Experts

as Professor Williams

1980
Savage Summer

as Papá

1977
La casta divina

as Consul Cubano

1977
Prisión de mujeres

as Mr. Williams

1976
La folle de Chaillot

as Le rentier

1975
El valle de los miserables

as Don Luis Aguirre

1974
1974
1973
1971
Jesús, el niño Dios

as Baltazar (as René Cardona Sr.)

1971
1970
Chanoc en las garras de las fieras

as Gang Member (as René Cardona Sr.)

1970
1969
1968
1968
Operación carambola

as Scorpio Leader

1967
1966
1964
1963
La Bandida

as General Robles

1962
Santo vs. the King of Crime

as Sr. Roberto de la Llata

1962
The Brainiac

as Baltasar de Meneses / Luis Meneses

1961
Juana Gallo

as Capitán Esquivel

1956
La faraona

as (uncredited)

1956
1956
1954
Mulata

as Guevara

1947
Soledad

as Roberto Covarrubias

1946
¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!

as Mauricio Gómez

1943
1942
El conde de Montecristo

as Fernando Mondego / Conde de Morcef

1941
1940
Mala yerba

as Don Julián Andrade

1937
Don Juan Tenorio

as Don Juan Tenorio

1937
Honrarás a tus padres

as Conde de los Pinares

1936
El calvario de una esposa

as Sebastián Urquizo

1936
The Macabre Trunk

as Dr. Armando del Valle

1936
Malditas sean las mujeres

as Conde Osvaldo de Valdemar

1932
Hand to Hand

as Manuel Chávez

1931
Carne de Cabaret

as Eddie Miller

Writer

1974
Island of Lost Souls

as Screenplay

1974
Son of the Town

as Screenplay

1971
1959
Santa Claus

as Writer

1959
El puma

as Writer

1958
Maratón de baile

as Screenplay

1957
Tom Thumb

as Screenplay

1948
Lazos de fuego

as Adaptation

1948
Cartas Marcadas

as Screenplay

1945
1944
1944
Hotel de verano

as Writer

1944
Mis hijos!

as Writer

1937
Don Juan Tenorio

as Screenplay

Producer

1945