Gilberto Martínez Solares

Gilberto Martínez Solares

Born January 19, 1906· Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

† Died January 18, 1997

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Born in Mexico City and educated at San Ildefonso College, he initially studied law before a heart condition forced him to seek treatment in Los Angeles, where his interest in photography and cinema blossomed. After brief ventures with photographic studios in Mexico and abroad, he entered the film world as a cinematographer on Miguel Zacarías’s Rosario (1935) and made his directorial debut with El…

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