Juan Bustillo Oro

Juan Bustillo Oro was born in Mexico City in 1904. He took a law degree at the National University but did not practise, turning instead to theatre, literature and cinema, which he learned through correspondence courses. He directed his first film, a silent comedy, in 1927, founded the Teatro de Ahora group with Mauricio Magdaleno in 1932, and went on to direct some sixty films, including comedies that made Cantinflas famous. He published his memoirs in 1985 and died in Mexico City in 1989.

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• Feature filmTwo MonksDos monjesJuan Bustillo Oro · 1934Cinema