Gabriel Retes

{{Short description|Mexican film director (1947–2020)}}

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| name = Gabriel Retes

| image = Gabriel Retes (2010).jpg

| caption = Retes in March 2010

| birth_name = José Ignacio Gabriel Jorge Retes Balzaretti

| birth_date = {{birth date|1947|03|25}}

| birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|4|20|1947|03|25|mf=y}}

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| occupation = Director

| years_active = 1970–2020

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José Ignacio Gabriel Jorge Retes Balzaretti (March 25, 1947 – April 20, 2020) was a Mexican film director, writer, producer, and actor. His 1977 film Paper Flowers was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144928/awards |title=IMDB.com: Awards for Paper Flowers |accessdate=2010-08-07 |work=imdb.com}} His 1979 film Broken Flag was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1979 |title=11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979) |accessdate=2013-01-20 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403102012/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1979 |archivedate=2014-04-03 |df= }} His 1999 film A Sweet Scent of Death was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1999 |title=21st Moscow International Film Festival (1999) |accessdate=2013-03-24 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322163246/http://moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1999 |archivedate=2013-03-22 |df= }}