Ludwik Margules

{{Short description|Mexican theatre and film director}}

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| name = Ludwik Margules Coben

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| birth_date = 15 December 1933

| birth_place = Warsaw, Poland

| death_date = 7 March 2006

| death_place = Mexico City

| other_names = Ludwik Margules

| occupation = Film, theatre, opera director

| years_active = 1953-2006

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Ludwik Margules Coben (December 15, 1933 - March 7, 2006){{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/334998.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217161550/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/334998.html|title=Muere Ludwik Margules, Director Teatral|publisher=El Universal|archivedate=17 February 2012}} was a Polish-born Mexican theatre, opera and film director. Being an active member of the Mexican theatre circuit for more than fifty years, Margules taught acting and directing methods in several institutions, eventually founding his own acting academy, the Foro Teatro Contemporáneo (Contemporary Theatre Forum) in 1991.

Ludwik Margules Coben directed over 40 operas and plays. One of his most outstanding works was his 1982 production of De la vida de las marionetas, based on Ingmar Bergman's film From the Life of the Marionettes (1980).

Ludwik Margules Coben was considered a major artistic influence and mentor. Mexican film director Alejandro Iñárritu stated, "...I studied theater for three years with Ludwik Margules. And that changed my life."{{citation |url=https://www.dga.org/Craft/DGAQ/All-Articles/1901-Winter-2019/DGA-Interview-Alejandro-Gonzalez-Inarritu.aspx|title=Alejandro G. Iñárritu's Metaphysical World View|publisher=DGA (Directors Guild of America)|date=December 2019|access-date=4 July 2024}}{{citation |url=https://forward.com/culture/439726/innaritu-oscars-jewish-mentor-ludwik-margules/|title=The Jewish, Polish, Mexican Theater Director Who Mentored Alejandro Iñárritu|publisher=Forward|date=10 February 2020|access-date=4 July 2024}}

Ludwik Margules Coben was given Mexico's National Prize for Science and Arts in 2003. A Holocaust survivor, at times Margules was called "an axis of controversy".{{citation |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2006/03/26/sem-teatro.html|title=Ludwik Margules (1933-2006)|publisher=La Jornada (in Spanish)|date=26 March 2006|access-date=4 July 2024}}