Miguel Contreras Torres

Miguel Contreras Torres
Born	September 28, 1899 Morelia, Michoacán Mexico
Died	June 5, 1981 (aged 81) Mexico City Mexico
Occupation(s)	Film actor, screenwriter, film producer, film director
Years active	1920 - 1967

Miguel Contreras Torres (September 28, 1899 – June 5, 1981) was a Mexican-born actor, screenwriter, film producer and director.

Selected filmography

Director

• Juárez y Maximiliano (1934)
• No te engañes corazón (1936)
• La paloma (1937)
• The Mad Empress (1939)
• Simón Bolívar (1942)
• María Magdalena: Pecadora de Magdala (1946)
• Pancho Villa Returns (1950)
• Vuelve Pancho Villa (1950) (alternate version of Pancho Villa Returns, but with Pedro Armendariz replacing Leo Carrillo in the title role
• Under the Sky of Spain (1953)
• Tehuantepec (1954)

Producer

• Madman and Vagabond (1946)

Bibliography

• Noble, Andrea. Mexican National Cinema. Routledge, 2005.

External links

• Miguel Contreras Torres at IMDb