Carlos Enrique Taboada Walker (July 18, 1929 - April 15, 1997) was a Mexican screenwriter and director. He is best known for his
supernatural Terror and
suspense films including
Hasta el viento tiene miedo
'' Hasta el viento tiene miedo'', known in English as ''Even the Wind is Afraid'' and ''The Wind of Fear'', is a 1968 (1967 according to the ITESM) Mexican gothic supernatural horror film, written and directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada. It is co ...
,
Más negro que la noche
'' Más Negro que la Noche'' (Blacker Than Night) is a 1975 Mexican supernatural horror film, written and directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada.
Plot
The film is about four women that move to a creepy house, inherited by one of them from an o ...
,
Veneno para las hadas, and
El Libro de piedra. He won two
Ariel Awards
The Ariel Award () is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award recognizes artistical and technical excellence in the Mexic ...
(Mexican film academy awards) for Best Picture and Best Director for his 1984 film ''Poison for the Fairies''.
Career
Carlos Enrique Taboada was the son of the actors Julio Taboada and
Aurora Walker
Aurora Walker García (1904–1964) was a Mexican film actress. She appeared in more than a hundred and twenty films during her career.Agrasánchez p.159 She was married to Mexican actor Julio Taboada until her death (suicide by electrocution) 2 ...
. He began his career in 1950 as an scriptwriter and director on Mexican television. In 1954, disappointed by reception of his first screenplay, Taboada retired from screenwriting for five years. This would happen again towards the end of his career, during which time his work began to receive international critical acclaim.
Filmography
As screenwriter
* ''Kid Tabaco'' (1954)
* ''El pandillero'' (1959)
* ''
Chucho el Roto''
* ''Aventuras de Chucho el Roto''
* ''La captura de Chucho el Roto''(1959)
* ''La maldición de Nostradamus''(1959)
* ''Nostradamus y el destructor de monstruos''(1959)
* ''Nostradamus, el genio de las tinieblas'' (1959)
* ''La sangre de Nostradamus''
erie de tres episodios(1959)
* ''El testamento del vampiro''
erie de tres episodios(1959)
* ''
Los inocentes'' (1960)
* ''Tirando a matar'' (1960)
* ''Que me maten en tus brazos'' (1960)
* ''Orlak, el infierno de Frankestein'' (1960)
* ''El malvado Carabel'' (1960)
* ''
Alma llanera
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'' (1965)
* ''Rubí'' (1970)
As director
* ''La recta final'' (1964)
* ''El juicio de Arcadio'' (1967)
* ''
Hasta el viento tiene miedo
'' Hasta el viento tiene miedo'', known in English as ''Even the Wind is Afraid'' and ''The Wind of Fear'', is a 1968 (1967 according to the ITESM) Mexican gothic supernatural horror film, written and directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada. It is co ...
'' (1968)
* ''
El libro de piedra'' (1969)
* ''El arte de engañar'' (1970)
* ''El deseo en otoño'' (1970)
* ''¿Quién mató al abuelo?'' (1970)
* ''El negocio del odio'' (1970)
* ''La fuerza inútil'' (1970)
* ''Rapiña'' (1973)
* ''
Más negro que la noche
'' Más Negro que la Noche'' (Blacker Than Night) is a 1975 Mexican supernatural horror film, written and directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada.
Plot
The film is about four women that move to a creepy house, inherited by one of them from an o ...
'' (1975)
* ''La guerra santa'' (1977)
* ''
Veneno para las hadas'' (1984)
References
1929 births
1997 deaths
Mexican film directors
Mexican horror film directors
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