Marcela Fernández Violante

Marcela Fernández Violante was born in Mexico City on 9 June 1941. She studied dramatic literature at the national university and belonged to the first class of its university centre for film studies. Her 1972 short film on Frida Kahlo received an Ariel. She then taught at that school and headed it in the eighties, and later became secretary general of the union of film production workers. The Mexican academy awarded her the Golden Ariel in 2023.

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• Feature filmCananeaMarcela Fernández Violante · 1978Cinema