Miguel Morayta (15 August 1907 – 19 June 2013) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 74 films between 1944 and 1978. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Morayta was a Spanish artillery officer, who joined the Republican side. After Francisco Franco's victory, he left Spain for

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and Africa, finally arriving in

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in 1941, where he started his career. He was living in Mexico when he died aged 105.

Selected filmography

* '' The Stronger Sex'' (1946) * '' Ecija's Seven Children'' (1947) * '' The Secret of Juan Palomo'' (1947) * '' Lost Love'' (1951) * '' Road of Hell'' (1951) * '' The Martyr of Calvary'' (1952) * '' Tropical Delirium'' (1952) * '' Pain'' (1953) * '' Amor se dice cantando'' (1959) * '' The Bloody Vampire'' (1962) * ''La invasión de los vampiros'' (1963) * ''Doctor Satán'' (1966) * '' The Partisan of Villa'' (1967) * '' La Bataille de San Sebastian'' (1968)

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* 1907 births 2013 deaths People from the Province of Ciudad Real Spanish film directors Film directors from Castilla–La Mancha Spanish screenwriters Spanish male screenwriters Spanish army officers Spanish military personnel of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction) Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in France Spanish men centenarians Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in Mexico {{Spain-film-director-stub