Jun 7, 1909 - Jimenez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Roberto Gavaldón was a Mexican film director. Eight of Gavaldón's films were featured on the list 100 Best Movies of the Cinema of Mexico. His 1958 film Ash Wednesday was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival and his 1959 film Beyond All Limits was entered into the following years festival. His 1960 film Macario was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not win.
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| Movie | 1958 | El cine mexicano de fiesta | Self | |
| Movie | 1933 | Prisoner 13 | Prisoner |
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| Movie | 1956 | The Hidden One | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1958 | Ash Wednesday | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1953 | The Boy and the Fog | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1960 | Macario | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1973 | Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1950 | The Love Nest | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1953 | Remember to Live | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1946 | El socio | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1946 | The Other | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1946 | The Other | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1947 | The Kneeling Goddess | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1942 | El baisano Jalil | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1954 | Camelia | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1955 | The Littlest Outlaw | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1954 | Untouched | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1977 | La playa vacía | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1956 | The Hidden One | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1953 | The Three Perfect Married | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1945 | The Barracks | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1964 | The Golden Cockerel | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1952 | Night Falls | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1951 | In the Palm of Your Hand | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1951 | In the Palm of Your Hand | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1958 | Ash Wednesday | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1959 | Beyond All Limits | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1953 | The Boy and the Fog | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1948 | Adventures of Casanova | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1952 | Soledad's Shawl | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1977 | Las cenizas del diputado | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1960 | Macario | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1945 | Corazones de México | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1948 | Tongolele Has Been Killed | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1955 | Después de la tormenta | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1950 | Rosauro Castro | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1972 | Doña Macabra | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1963 | Autumn Days | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1951 | Desired | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1961 | The White Rose | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1960 | El Siete de Copas | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1958 | Here is Heraclius Bernal | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1958 | El rayo de Sinaloa: La venganza de Heraclio Bernal | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1955 | De carne somos | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1956 | Historia de un amor | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1944 | Naná | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1947 | The Kneeling Goddess | Adaptation | Writing |
| Movie | 1976 | The Fungi Man | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1979 | Cuando tejen las arañas | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1960 | El Siete de Copas | Adaptation | Writing |
| Movie | 1951 | Mi vida por la tuya | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1956 | The Hidden One | Adaptation | Writing |
| Movie | 1970 | The Useless Life of Pito Pérez | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1974 | La madrastra | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1972 | Doña Macabra | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1935 | The Dead Speak | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1973 | Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo | Associate Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1954 | Camelia | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1937 | Ave sin rumbo | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1952 | Soledad's Shawl | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1953 | The Three Perfect Married | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1950 | Rosauro Castro | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1950 | Rosauro Castro | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1942 | El conde de Montecristo | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1936 | Cielito lindo | Co-Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1948 | Tongolele Has Been Killed | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1967 | Rio Blanco | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1970 | Las figuras de arena | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1955 | Después de la tormenta | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1961 | The White Rose | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1937 | El derecho y el deber | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1944 | Caminito alegre | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1965 | Los hijos que yo soñé | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1938 | La tierra del mariachi | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1951 | Mi vida por la tuya | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1941 | Rancho Alegre | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1946 | Rayando el sol | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1982 | Viva México y sus corridos | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1976 | The Fungi Man | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1954 | Untouched | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1952 | Night Falls | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1958 | La rebelión de la sierra: El Fin de Heraclio Bernal | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1970 | The Useless Life of Pito Pérez | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1970 | The Useless Life of Pito Pérez | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1951 | Desired | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1944 | Naná | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1948 | A la sombra del puente | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1947 | La vida íntima de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1964 | The Golden Cockerel | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1950 | The Love Nest | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1955 | De carne somos | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1939 | La bestia negra | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1953 | Remember to Live | Writer | Writing |
