René Cardona
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
99
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
Stranger in the House
The Vengeance of the Crying Woman
El calvario de una esposa
Guns and Guts
Santo vs. the King of Crime
Los buitres sobre el tejado
Santo vs. the Head Hunters
Chanoc en las garras de las fieras
Las Limpias
La ley del más rápido
As negro
La desconocida
Mala yerba
La Bandida
Juana Gallo
Savage Summer
El puma
La disputa
La faraona
Allá en el Rancho Grande
La hermana Trinquete
Nuevo amanecer
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
The Fury of the Karate Experts
Un novio para dos hermanas
Tempestad
Cyclone
Jesusita en Chihuahua
Cartas Marcadas
A los cuatro vientos
The Rock of Souls
La banda de la sotana negra
La vida de Pedro Infante
Pito Pérez se va de bracero
Operación carambola
El revólver sangriento
El día de la boda
Mulata
The Brainiac
El conde de Montecristo
¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!
La barca de oro
Zindy, the Swamp Boy
The Three Perfect Married
La vorágine: abismos de amor
The Diabolical Duchess
The Macabre Trunk
¡Que seas feliz!
La casta divina
Jesús, el niño Dios
El valle de los miserables
Yo el ejecutor
Aventuras de las hermanas X
Masajista de señoras
Brood of Vipers
Peluquero de señoras
Divorciadas
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
Ave sin nido
Viva la risa II
¡Maten al fugitivo!
La mula de Cullen Baker
El príncipe del desierto
Los encapuchados del infierno
Hand to Hand
Don Juan Tenorio
Carne de Cabaret
La folle de Chaillot
El abanico de Lady Windermere
Manuel Saldivar, el texano
The Children of Sanchez
When Love Laughs
Los hijos de Rancho Grande
Fantastic Voyage in a Baloon
El secreto del sacerdote
Si me han de matar mañana
Un par de robachicos
Con su amable permiso
Marihuana El Monstruo Verde
Girl Merchants
La leyenda del bandido
Common Clay
El Llanto de los Pobres
Soledad
Prisión de mujeres
Crónica roja
El deseo llega de noche
Soy charro de Rancho Grande
El pequeño Robin Hood
Siempre en domingo
Night Dance Hall
Malditas sean las mujeres
Dos caballeros de espada
El misterioso señor Marquina
El matrimonio es como el demonio
La casa del rencor
Milagros de San Martín de Porres
La cuna vacía
Honrarás a tus padres
