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- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- February 9, 1908
- Place of Birth
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Died
- April 20, 1972
Fernando A. Rivero
Fernando A. Rivero (Mexico City, February 9th 1902 – April 20th 1975) was a Mexican set designer, film director, painter, actor, and writer, regarded as a foundational figure—“the father” of Mexican film scenographers. He studied architecture but left the program for financial reasons, worked at the jewelry shop El Nuevo Mundo, emigrated to the United States in 1927 to work as a draftsman for advertising companies and newspapers, and returned to Mexico in 1931. After inheriting money upon his grandfather’s death, he founded the Compañía Anunciadora Mexicana; a later press note also states he was orphaned at age four and adopted by relatives, and that he began professionally in advertising, following the example of his father, Pedro Rivero Noriega. In 1931 he declared his company bankrupt and entered the film industry as a set designer on Santa (1931), continuing as a scenographer throug…
Filmography
movieLa extraña pasajera
1953 · Director, Adaptation, Story
movieVíctimas del divorcio
1952 · Director
movieLa noche es nuestra
1952 · Director, Adaptation
movieLos amantes
1951 · Director, Adaptation
movieGood night my love
1951 · Director
movieBurlada
1951 · Director, Adaptation
movieEl pecado de ser pobre
1950 · Director, Adaptation
moviePerdida
1950 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieMujeres en mi Vida
1950 · Director, Screenplay
movieDinero maldito
1949 · Director
movieThe Bewitched House
1949 · Adaptation, Director
movieCoqueta
1949 · Director, Script
movieCanciones y recuerdos
1949 · Director
movieEl príncipe del desierto
1947 · Director, Writer
movieLa morena de mi copla
1946 · Director
movieMarina
1945 · Screenplay
movieNosotros
1945 · Director, Adaptation
movieMi reino por un torero
1944 · Director
movieLos miserables
1943 · Director, Adaptation
movieEl fanfarrón: ¡Aquí llegó el valentón!
1943 · Director, Adaptation
movieThe Bloody Inn
1943 · Director
movieSeda Sangre Y Sol
1942 · Director
movieCantinflas boxeador
1940 · Director
movieCantinflas Ruletero
1940 · Director
movieJengibre contra Dinamita
1939 · Director
movieSiempre listo en las tinieblas
1939 · Director
movieJuntos pero no revueltos
1939 · Director
movieEl beso mortal
1938 · Director, Adaptation, Production Design
movieMéxico lindo
1938 · Production Design
movieRefugiados en Madrid
1938 · Set Decoration
movieLa paloma
1937 · Art Direction
movieVenganza suprema
1934 · Production Design
movieWho Killed Eve?
1934 · Production Design
movieThe Phantom of the Monastery
1934 · Art Direction
movieThe Woman of the Port
1934 · Art Direction
movieDesecration
1934
Enemigos
movieEnemigos
1934 · Writer
movieThe Tiger of Yautepec
1933 · Set Designer
movieSu última canción
1933 · Production Design
La calandria
movieLa calandria
1933 · Art Direction
moviePrisoner 13
1933 · Suicide Prisoner, Art Direction
movieHand to Hand
1932 · Writer
movieSanta
1932 · , Art Direction
movieUna vida por otra
1932 · Production Design