Alfredo Ripstein (born December 10, 1916 in Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico — died January 20, 2007 in Mexico City) was a Mexican film producer. He is credited with helping shape Mexico's film industry in the period surrounding World War II. December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, 21 days before the next year. ... Year 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ... Nickname: Country Mexico State Federal District Founded (as Tenochtitlan) 1325 Head of Government Marcelo Ebrard (PRD) Area    - City 1,479 1 km² Elevation 2,240 m Population (2005)  - City 8,720,916  - Density 5,741/km²  - Urban 19,411,000 Time zone Central Time zone (UTC-6) 1 Area of...

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Early life

Ripstein's father was a Polish merchant in Parral. Members of Pancho Villa's army were the main customers of his parent's store. Ripstein's mother asked Villa for permission to close the store in order to give birth to Alfredo. Villa stopped by the store a few days later to see the newborn. "So the first man that ever carried my father was Pancho Villa," Ripstein's son Arturo told Los Angeles Times reporter Reed Johnson. A graphical timeline is available here: Timeline of the Mexican Revolution Doroteo Arango Arámbula (June 5, 1878 – July 23, 1923) — better known as Francisco Villa or, in its diminutive form, Pancho Villa — was one of the foremost leaders and best known generals of the Mexican Revolution, between 1911 and... The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the Western United States. ...

Ripstein's family moved to Mexico City when he was 5 years old. Ripstein first worked as an accountant and then was hired by Simon Wishnack's Filmex company as production manager and executive producer. Accountant, or Qualified Accountant, or Professional Accountant, or Accountancy Practitioner, is an accountancy and financial experts legally certified in different jurisdictions to originally worked only in public practices, selling advice and services to other individuals and businesses, but today in addition many work within private corporations, financial industry and government...

Later career

Ripstein opened his own company, Alameda Films, in 1950. His final feature film was El Crimen del Padre Amaro in 2001. 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... O Crime do Padre Amaro é uma das obras do escritor português Eça de Queiroz mais difundidas por todo o mundo. ... For the 1968 science-fiction film and novel, see 2001: A Space Odyssey // August 8 - Actor Tom Cruise and actress Nicole Kidman get divorced. ...

Ripstein had collaborated with his son Arturo on several films, including the 1999 adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel No One Writes to the Colonel and The Beginning and The End, adapted from the novel by Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz. This is a list of film-related events in 1999. ... Gabriel Garcia Marquez Gabriel García Márquez (born March 6, 1928) is a Colombian novelist, journalist, publisher, and political activist. ... No One Writes to the Colonel (from the Spanish original El coronel no tiene quien le escriba) is a short novel or novella written by the Colombian novelist and Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez. ... Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz Naguib Mahfouz (Arabic: ‎, ) (December 11, 1911 – August 30, 2006) was an Egyptian novelist who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. ...

Ripstein died of respiratory failure at his home in the Polanco district of Mexico City.

References

• Johnson, Reed. (2007, January 27). Alfredo Ripstein, 90; producer helped to shape Mexico's movie industry. The Los Angeles Times
• Alfredo Ripstein (I) at the Internet Movie Database
• Alfredo Ripstein (II) at the Internet Movie Database