Jaime Salvador

Writer, Director

November 4, 1901 — October 18, 1976 (74 years)
Jaime Salvador Valls (Barcelona, Spain, November 4, 1901 – Mexico City, Mexico, October 18, 1976) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director who developed much of his career during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. After working in France, Hollywood, and Cuba, he settled in Mexico, where he became a prolific director and the principal screenwriter for Cantinflas, writing many of the comedian's most celebrated films. Focused on popular entertainment, his films achieved considerable box-office success throughout his career.

Known For

  • Raquel's Shoeshiner
    Raquel's Shoeshiner1957
  • A Woman Without Love
    A Woman Without Love1952
  • Susana
    Susana1951
  • The Professor
    The Professor1971
  • Up and Down
    Up and Down1959
  • Fly Away, Young Man!
    Fly Away, Young Man!1947
  • The Illiterate One
    The Illiterate One1961
  • One Day with the Devil
    One Day with the Devil1945
  • The Three Musketeers
    The Three Musketeers1942
  • The Circus
    The Circus1943
  • A Quixote Without La Mancha
    A Quixote Without La Mancha1969
  • The Atomic Fireman
    The Atomic Fireman1952
  • Drop the Curtain
    Drop the Curtain1955
  • Si yo fuera diputado
    Si yo fuera diputado1952
  • The Magician
    The Magician1949
  • Soy un prófugo
    Soy un prófugo1946
  • Mr. Photographer
    Mr. Photographer1953
  • The Unknown Policeman
    The Unknown Policeman1941
  • Boom in the Moon
    Boom in the Moon1946
  • El supersabio
    El supersabio1948

Filmography

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1971
The Professor · as Story
1970
1966
1966
Martín Romero El Rápido · as Story And Screenplay
1965
The Curse of Gold · as Adaptation
1965
Yo, el gobernador · as Story
1964
Un padre a toda máquina · as Story And Adaptation
1964
Agarrando parejo · as Story And Adaptation
1964
The Black Ghost · as Story And Adaptation
1963
Entrega inmediata · as Adaptation
1963
Barridos y regados · as Adaptation
1963
La garra del leopardo · as Adaptation
1962
The Extra · as Adaptation
1962
Qué perra vida · as Story And Screenplay
1961
1961
The Illiterate One · as Adaptation
1961
'Pegando con tubo' · as Adaptation
1961
¡Que padre tan padre! · as Story And Adaptation
1961
Limosneros con garrote · as Adaptation
1961
Pobre del pobre · as Adaptation
1960
Dos maridos baratos · as Story And Adaptation
1960
1959
Ups and Downs · as Story
1959
1959
1958
El fin de un imperio · as Adaptation
1958
Fiesta en el corazón · as Story And Screenplay
1958
Se los chupó la bruja · as Technical Screenplay
1958
1957
Raquel's Shoeshiner · as Dialogue
1957
Cuatro contra el imperio · as Adaptation
1957
La pantera negra · as Adaptation
1957
Cien muchachas · as Technical Screenplay
1957
¡Aquí están los Aguilares! · as Story And Adaptation
1956
La huella del chacal · as Adaptation
1956
La sierra del terror · as Adaptation
1954
1954
The Doubt · as Adaptation
1953
Mr. Photographer · as Adaptation
1952
A Woman Without Love · as Dialogue
1952
Si yo fuera diputado · as Adaptation
1951
El siete machos · as Adaptation
1949
Cita con la muerte · as Story
1949
1947
¡A volar joven! · as Adaptation
1946
Soy un prófugo · as Dialogue
1946
1945
Soltera y con gemelos · as Adaptation
1944
Gran Hotel · as Story
1943
The Rebel · as Adaptation
1941
1941