José Benavides (director)

{{Short description|Mexican film director}}

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| name = José Benavides Pérez

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| birth_date = 1911

| birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico

| death_date = 17 September 1945

| death_place = Jojutla, Morelos, Mexico

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| occupation = Film director, screenwriter,

| yearsactive = 1935–1945 (film)

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José Benavides hijo (1911–1945) was a Mexican screenwriter and film director.Sadlier p.35Paranaguá p.299 He directed fourteen feature films during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema before his career was cut short by his early death.

Selected filmography

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Bibliography

  • Irwin, Robert & Ricalde, Maricruz. Global Mexican Cinema: Its Golden Age. British Film Institute, 2013.
  • Paulo Antonio Paranaguá. Mexican Cinema. British Film Institute, 1995.
  • Sadlier, Darlene Joy (ed.) Latin American Melodrama: Passion, Pathos, and Entertainment. University of Illinois Press, 2009.