Jorge Fons

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Jorge Fons
Fons in 2019
Born
Jorge Fons Pérez

(1939-04-23)23 April 1939
Died22 September 2022(2022-09-22) (aged 83)
NationalityMexican
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico
Occupations
Years active1965–2022

Jorge Fons Pérez (23 April 1939 – 22 September 2022) was a Mexican film director.

He belonged to the first generation of film directors of the UNAM. His short film, Caridad (1973), is still considered one of the best films in Mexican cinema. Two of the most important films of his filmography are Rojo amanecer (1989) and El callejón de los milagros (1995) based on the homonymous book by Naguib Mahfouz, Midaq Alley of 1947 (زقاق المدق), which breaks the classic lineal plots in films.

His 1976 film, Los albañiles, won the Silver Bear at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1995, his film El callejón de los milagros won a Special Mention at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival.

Fons died in Mexico City on 22 September 2022, at the age of 83.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Berlinale 1977: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Berlinale: 1995 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  3. ^ Muere el cineasta, guionista y actor mexicano Jorge Fons a los 83 años (in Spanish)

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