Manuel Barbachano Ponce (1924 - 29 October 1994) was a Mexican film producer, director, screenwriter, and novelist. 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...

A great-grandson of Miguel Barbachano y Tarraso, a five-time governor of Yucatan, he was born in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Miguel Barbachano y Tarrazo (1806 - 17 December 1859) was a liberal Yucatecan politician, who was 5 times governor of Yucatán between 1841 and 1853. ... The Yucatán Peninsula separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. ...

Producer

Tequila (1992)

Clandestino destino (1987), a.k.a. 1999

Frida, naturaleza viva (1986), a.k.a. Frida (USA)

Deveras me atrapaste (1985)

Doña Herlinda y su hijo (1985), a.k.a. Dona Herlinda and Her Son (USA)

Confidencias (1982), a.k.a. Secrets (USA)

María de mi corazón (1979), a.k.a. Mary My Dearest

Amor, amor, amor (1965)

Las Dos Elenas (1965)

La Sunamita (1965)

Lola de mi vida (1965)

Un Alma pura (1965)

Tajimara (1965)

La Viuda (1965)

El Gallo de oro (1964)

Sonatas (1959), a.k.a. Las Aventuras del marqués de Bradomin

Nazarín (1959), a.k.a. Nazarin (USA)

Café Colón (1959)

Los Clarines del miedo (1958), a.k.a Bugles of Fear

Chistelandia (1958)

Nueva Chistelandia (1958)

Vuelve Chistelandia (1958)

Torero! (1956), a.k.a. Bullfighter: The New York Times called this film, a documentary about the bullfighter Luis Procuna, "the best yet for closeup, realism, and an impression of how it feels 'to fight the bulls' ... the crowds, the sweat, the terror, the bull, the ferocious bravery, and the blood'" and an "extraordinary job of picture-making". The film won a special citation at the Venice Film Festival in 1956. (Bosley Crowther, "The Screen: 'Torero!'", The New York Times, 22 May 1957, p. 29.)

Raíces (1955), a.k.a Roots (USA)

Screenwriter

Se está volviendo gobierno (1915-1919) (1992)

Pedro Páramo (1967)

Raíces (1955), a.k.a. Roots (USA)

Director

Chistelandia (1958)

Nueva Chistelandia' (1958)

Vuelve Chistelandia (1958)