The Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences ( es, Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas, AMACC) is a professional honorary organization founded on July 3, 1946, in
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
to promote the dissemination, research, preservation, development, and defense of the cinematographic arts and sciences. Currently, the president of the AMACC is producer Mónica Lozano Serrano.
The AMACC is committed to making Mexican cinema known and valued in Mexico and abroad. It organizes meetings between filmmakers, annually rewards the films exhibited during each year, in addition to publishing books that talk about the development of the Mexican film industry, and participates in the conservation of cinematographic works in Mexico. At the same time, it defends the creative and labor freedom of Mexican filmmakers from censorship and labor grievances.
The AMACC is endorsed by the cinematographic trajectory of its members and by their willingness to selflessly defend the present and the future of Mexican cinema.
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History
The following people were present before a notary public during the signing of the document:
* Celestino Gorostiza Celestino Gorostiza Alcalá (born January 31, 1904 in Villahermosa – January 11, 1967 in Mexico City) was a Mexican theater and cine playwright, director and dramatist.
Biography
Gorostiza, son of Celestino Gorostiza and Elvira Alcalá de G ...
, screenwriter and director
* Felipe Gregorio Castillo
Felipe is the Spanish variant of the name Philip, which derives from the Greek adjective ''Philippos'' "friend of horses". Felipe is also widely used in Portuguese-speaking Brazil alongside Filipe, the form commonly used in Portugal.
Noteworthy pe ...
, cinematographer
* Raúl de Anda
Raúl de Anda (1908–1997) was a Mexican actor, screenwriter, film producer and director.Pick p.225 He enjoyed a lengthy and prolific career in the Mexican Cinema that party included its Golden Age.
Selected filmography Actor
* '' Juan Pistolas'' ...
, producer
* Carlos Carriedo Galván, lawyer
* César Santos Galindo, lawyer
* Fernando Soler
Fernando Soler (born Fernando Díaz Pavia; 24 May 1896 – 25 October 1979) was a Mexican actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He was considered one of the most important figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. In his career spanning ...
, actor
* Manuel Fontanals
Manuel Fontanals (1893–1972) was a Catalonian Spanish-born art director who settled and worked in Mexico during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
Early years
The son of the cabinetmaker Tomàs Fontanals i Sivilla and his mother Rosa Mateu, Man ...
, scenographer
* Ignacio Fernández Esperón
ka (Oaxaca 14 February 1894 – 1968) was a Mexican composer. He grew up in Oaxaca in a middle-class home. His alias was a childhood nickname. In 1937, he debuted his music on XEW, Mexico City's best known radio station. In 1947, he was given ...
“Tata Nacho”, composer
* Eduardo Hernández Moncada
Eduardo Hernández Moncada (September 24, 1899 – December 31, 1995) was a Mexican composer, pianist, and conductor. He is one of the essential musicians representative of the Nationalist Movement of the Post-Revolutionary years in Mexico.
His mu ...
, pianist and composer
* Oswaldo Diaz Rúanova, journalist
* Fernando Morales Ortiz, journalist
* Eugenio Maldonado, lawyer
* José María Sánchez García, journalist
* Antonio Castro Leal
Antonio Castro Leal (March 2, 1896 – January 7, 1981) was a Mexican diplomat and intellectual.
Biography
Antonio Castro Leal was born on March 2, 1896, in San Luis Potosí. He received his licenciate and doctor of law degrees from the ...
, lawyer
* Adela Formoso de Obregón Santacilia film instructor
* Carlos Pellicer
Carlos Pellicer Cámara (10 January 1897 – 16 February 1977) was part of the first wave of modernist Mexican poets and was active in the promotion of Mexican art, pictures, and literature. An enthusiastic traveler, his work is filled with ...
, screenwriter
* Alejandro Galindo, director and screenwriter
* Juán Manuel Torrea
* Jorge Fernández, scenographer
* Francisco de P. Cabrera, producer
* Ángel Garasa Bergés, actor
* Adolfo Fernández Bustamante
Adolfo Fernández Bustamante (1898–1957) was a Mexican screenwriter and film director.Amador p.85
Selected filmography
* '' The Coward'' (1939)
* ''El baisano Jalil'' (1942)
* '' The Two Orphans'' (1944)
* '' Autumn and Spring'' (1949)
* ''Pa ...
, director
* Gabriel Figueroa
Gabriel Figueroa Mateos (April 24, 1907 – April 27, 1997) was a Mexican cinematographer who is regarded as one of the greatest cinematographers of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He has worked in over 200 films, which cover a broad range o ...
cinematographer, among others.
This was a moment where the movie industry
The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production companies, film studios, cinematography, animation, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post pr ...
in Mexico was going through its peak. The year before, alone, 85 movies had been made, a record figure even today. The purpose of creating the Academy was to promote advancements in the arts and sciences of film-making, as well as to give public recognition and to outstanding film productions and promote future research.
In practice, however, most of the efforts of the Academy went on to recognize the best films with its award: the Ariel
Ariel may refer to:
Film and television
*Ariel Award, a Mexican Academy of Film award
* ''Ariel'' (film), a 1988 Finnish film by Aki Kaurismäki
* ''ARIEL Visual'' and ''ARIEL Deluxe'', 1989 and 1991 anime video series based on the novel series ...
. Every year, from 1947 to 1958, the Ariel was awarded. After 1958 the number of productions fell considerably and it was not until 1972 when the ceremony was held again, and it has every year until the present year.
Current Administration
Members
Active members
# Mónica Lozano Serrano
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History
The ety ...
# Marina Stavenhagen Vargas
# Flavio González Mello
# Rodrigo Herranz Fanjul
# Ernesto Contreras Flores
# Everardo González Everardo () is a Spanish male given name. It is cognates with the English name Everard, and is ultimately derived from the Old Germanic name Eberhard.
Notable people with this name include:
* Everardo Cristóbal (born 1986), Mexican sprint canoeis ...
# Lucía Gajá Ferrer
# Nerio Barberis Occhione
# Guadalupe Ferrer Andrade
# Jorge Michel Grau
Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος ('' Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker".
The Latin form ''Georgius'' ...
# Leticia Huijara
Leticia Huijara is a Mexican actress who was born in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico.
Biography
She was born on 12 September 1967, in Acapulco, Guerrero where she lived the first five years of life. Since then she has lived in Mexico City. She studie ...
# Adela Cortázar
# Alberto Cortés
# Alejandro García
# Arcelia Ramírez
Arcelia Ramírez (born 7 December 1967) is a Mexican actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1985. She starred in the film '' Such Is Life'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Canne ...
# Armando Casas Pérez
# Axel Muñoz
# Bárbara Enríquez
# Daniel Hidalgo
# Francisco Vargas
# Francisco X. Rivera
# Gloria Carrasco
# Guillermo Granillo
# Ignacio Ortiz
# Inna Payán
# Isabel Muñoz Cota
# Jorge Zárate
# José Sefami
# Juan Carlos Colombo
Juan Carlos Colombo (born 7 November 1950 in San Juan, Argentina) is an Argentine–Mexican actor. He has resided in Mexico since 1975, where he studied acting and met his wife, actress Patricia Eguía. Colombo is the father of the Argentine-Mexi ...
# Juan José Saravia
# Karina Gidi
Karina may refer to:
People
*Karina (name), a female given name (including a list of people with the given name)
*Karina (American singer) (born 1991)
*Karina (Spanish singer) (born 1946)
*Karina (Venezuelan singer) (born 1968)
*Elda Neyis Mosquer ...
# Kenya Márquez Alkadif Cortés
# Laura Imperiale
# Mariana Rodríguez
# Mariestela Fernández
# Miguel Hernández
Miguel Hernández Gilabert (30 October 1910 – 28 March 1942
) was a 20th-century Spanish-language poet and playwright associated with the Generation of '27 and the Generation of '36 movements. Born and raised in a family of low resources, h ...
# Nicolás Echevarría
Nicolás Echevarría (born 8 August 1947) is a Mexican film director and cinematographer. He has directed over 20 films since 1973. His 1991 film ''Cabeza de Vaca'' was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.
Echevarría draws ...
# Omar Guzmán
# Roberto Fiesco
# Samuel Larson
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# Serguei Saldívar Tanaka
# Sofía Carrillo
# Tatiana Huezo
Tatiana Huezo Sánchez (; born 9 January 1972) is a film director of Salvadoran and Mexican nationality, residing in Mexico. Her first film, ' (2011), a documentary about the Salvadoran Civil War, has been awarded internationally. In 2016 she p ...
# Verónica Langer
Verónica Langer (born 11 June 1953) is an Argentine-born Mexican actress.
Career
Langer has two Ariel Awards. In her long career, she has starred in films including ''Y tu mamá también'', ''El crimen del Padre Amaro'' and ''Hasta el viento ...
# Víctor Ugalde Víctor is a Spanish masculine given name, equivalent to Victor in English and Vítor in Portuguese. Notable people with the given name include:
* Víctor Cabrera (Argentine footballer)
*Víctor Cabrera (Chilean footballer)
* Víctor Hugo Cabrer ...
Emeritus Members
# Bertha Navarro
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The name occurs a ...
# Blanca Guerra
Blanca Guerra Islas (born January 10, 1953) is a Mexican actress. In 1983 she was a member of the jury at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival.
Films
* La loca de los Milagros (1975)
* Pedro Páramo (1978) - Dolores Preciado
* El s ...
# Carlos Carrera
Carlos Carrera (born 18 August 1962) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed ''El crimen del Padre Amaro'' (2002), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2009, he directed '' Backyard'' abo ...
# Diana Bracho
Diana Bracho (born Diana Guadalupe Bracho y Bordes Mangel; 12 December 1944, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress.
Early life
Diana Bracho is the daughter of actor/director Julio Bracho, the niece of actress Andrea Palma and the aunt of ...
# Dolores Heredia
Dolores Heredia Lerma (born October 6, 1966) is a Mexican actress.
Personal life
She is the seventh of ten children who grew up in La Paz, Baja California Sur. Her mother was a photographer from Sinaloa, Lusiana Kornal and her father was a sea ...
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# Felipe Cazals
Felipe Cazals (28 July 1937 – 16 October 2021) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and producer. His wife was Rosa Eugenia Báez de Cazals.
Together with Arturo Ripstein, Cazals was considered in Mexico one of the most representative f ...
# Jorge Fons
Jorge Fons Pérez (23 April 1939 – 22 September 2022) was a Mexican film director.
He belonged to the first generation of film directors of the UNAM. His short film, ''Caridad'' (1973), is still considered one of the best films in Mexican ci ...
# Jorge Sánchez Sosa
# Juan Antonio de la Riva
# Lucía Álvarez
Lucía Álvarez Vázquez (born November 28, 1948) is a Mexican composer and pianist widely known throughout Latin America. Born in Mexico City, Álvarez received her degree in piano and composition from the School of Music at the National Autonom ...
# Toni Kuhn
Honorary Members
# Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica
The Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC) is a film school belonging to Mexico's Secretariat of Culture. It was founded in 1975 with the aim of providing technical and artistic training for those entering the film industry. The CCC is pa ...
, represented by Alfredo Loaeza
# Cineteca Nacional, represented by Alejandro Pelayo
Alejandro is the Spanish form of the name Alexander.
Alejandro has multiple variations in different languages, including Aleksander (Czech, Polish), Alexandre (French), Alexandros (Greek), Alsander (Irish), Alessandro (Italian), Aleksandr (Rus ...
# Dirección General de Actividades Cinematográficas – Filmoteca de la UNAM, represented by Hugo Villa Smythe
# Escuela Nacional de Artes Cinematográficas (UNAM), represented by Manuel López Monroy
# Fernando Pérez Gavilán
References
External links
Official site
AMACC UNAMHistoriaPremio Ariel - IMCINE
La AMACC surgió para respaldar la búsqueda de un cine más ambicioso: Juan Antonio de la RivaAcademia Mexicana de Cine, trayectoria de 68 años de trabajo
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Film organizations in Mexico
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1946 establishments in Mexico
Organizations established in 1946