René Cardona
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
98
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-10-09
Day of death
1988-04-25 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Havana, Cuba
René Cardona
Biography
René Cardona (October 8, 1905 – April 25, 1988) was a Mexican director, actor, producer, screenwriter, and film editor, who was prominent during part of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. René Cardona was born in Havana, Cuba, on October 8, 1905, and began medical school in Cuba, but due to the political problems of the island, he and his family moved to New York City in 1926, where he continued his studies. Economic circumstances experienced by his family caused him to leave his studies. He befriended famous actor Rodolfo Valentino and obtained work as an extra in several films, until 1929 when he produced, wrote, directed and starred in the first Spanish-language film made in Hollywood, Sombras habaneras (Havana Shadows). He also had the opportunity to work in various positions in the film industry such as second assistant, technical advisor and first assistant director, and learned film and lighting technique. In 1932, he moved to Mexico, where he debuted as an actor and met Julieta Zacarías, sister of the director Miguel Zacarías, and soon after married her. His wife's support would be central to his career in Mexican cinema, in films Mano a mano (1932) directed by Ramón Peón and Sobre las olas (1932) directed by Zacarías. At this early stage as an actor, Cardona participated in three key Mexican films Marihuana (1936), El baúl macabro (1936) and Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936), which officially inaugurate the golden age of Mexican cinema and made stars of its protagonists: Esther Fernández, Tito Guízar, and Cardona.
Known For
Guns and Guts
La banda de la sotana negra
Malditas sean las mujeres
El Llanto de los Pobres
El matrimonio es como el demonio
The Rock of Souls
¡Que seas feliz!
El revólver sangriento
Tempestad
Los buitres sobre el tejado
Las Limpias
Nuevo amanecer
Chanoc en las garras de las fieras
The Fury of the Karate Experts
Honrarás a tus padres
The Three Perfect Married
Soledad
Cartas Marcadas
La casta divina
El conde de Montecristo
Savage Summer
Pito Pérez se va de bracero
Ave sin nido
Santo vs. the Head Hunters
La vorágine: abismos de amor
Raza de viboras
Peluquero de señoras
Juana Gallo
Cyclone
The Macabre Trunk
El valle de los miserables
La desconocida
Los hijos de Rancho Grande
La disputa
Masajista de señoras
The Brainiac
As negro
Carne de Cabaret
Mulata
La Bandida
¡Maten al fugitivo!
Aventuras de las hermanas X
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
El abanico de Lady Windermere
Operación carambola
The Vengeance of the Crying Woman
Don Juan Tenorio
La mula de Cullen Baker
¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!
The Diabolical Duchess
La faraona
La vida de Pedro Infante
La barca de oro
El día de la boda
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
Jesús, el niño Dios
Marihuana El Monstruo Verde
El calvario de una esposa
La hermana Trinquete
When Love Laughs
Hand to Hand
Common Clay
El secreto del sacerdote
Un novio para dos hermanas
Jesusita en Chihuahua
El puma
Con su amable permiso
Yo el ejecutor
Viva la risa II
Divorciadas
Stranger in the House
Allá en el Rancho Grande
Prisión de mujeres
Mala yerba
Zindy, the Swamp Boy
Night Dance Hall
La folle de Chaillot
Girl Merchants
Santo vs. the King of Crime
La leyenda del bandido
Si me han de matar mañana
La ley del más rápido
Fantastic Voyage in a Baloon
El deseo llega de noche
Los encapuchados del infierno
A los cuatro vientos
El pequeño Robin Hood
Siempre en domingo
Un par de robachicos
The Children of Sanchez
Soy charro de Rancho Grande
Dos caballeros de espada
Crónica roja
El misterioso señor Marquina
Manuel Saldivar, el texano
La casa del rencor
La cuna vacía
Milagros de San Martín de Porres
