Manuel Barbachano Ponce

Manuel Barbachano Ponce 4 April 1925 29 October 1994 was a Mexican film producer director and screenwriter associated with the development of independent and culturally oriented production in Mexico He produced key midcentury titles including Raícesentered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festivaland the documentary Torero which received a special citation at the Venice Film Festival He also produced internationally recognized features such as Nazarín directed by Luis Buñuel and later films including María de mi corazón Doña Herlinda y su hijo Frida naturaleza viva and Tequila As a director he made popular comedy features such as Chistelandia and its sequels and he participated in the 1965 anthology Amor amor amor a project linked to the First Experimental Film Contest and shaped by adaptations of contemporary Mexican literature