Carlos Toussaint
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Born23 August 1901
Died7 March 1975 (aged 73)
Mexico City, Mexico
OthernamesCarlos Antonio Toussaint Ritter
OccupationsScreenwriter, Director, Journalist
Carlos Toussaint | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 August 1901 |
| Died | 7 March 1975 (aged 73) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Other names | Carlos Antonio Toussaint Ritter |
| Occupations | Screenwriter, Director, Journalist |
| Years active | 1934–1964 (film) |
Carlos Toussaint (1901–1975) was a Mexican film director and production designer. He was active during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema and worked as art director on many productions. He also directed fourteen films between 1940 and 1964 including the Cantinflas short Cantinflas y su prima.[1][2] He was married to the makeup artist Sara Mateos.
Art director
- Two Monks (1934)
- The Mystery of the Ghastly Face (1935)
- Poppy of the Road (1937)
- The Girl's Aunt (1938)
- Horse for Horse (1939)
- Every Madman to His Specialty (1939)
- Three Peasants on a Donkey (1939)
- You're Missing the Point (1940)
- To the Sound of the Marimba (1941)
- Father Gets Entangled Again (1942)
- Santa (1943)
- Madman and Vagabond (1946)
- The Three Garcias (1947)
- The Garcias Return (1947)
- Chachita from Triana (1947)
- Courtesan (1948)
- Two of the Angry Life (1948)
- Two Pesos Left (1949)
- The Woman I Lost (1949)
- The Black Sheep (1949)
- Only Veracruz Is Beautiful (1949)
- The Two Orphans (1950)
- You Shall Not Covet Thy Son's Wife (1950)
Director
- My Lupe and My Horse (1944)
- El crucifijo de piedra (1956)
