Biography
María Luisa Novaro Peñaloza (September 11, 1951, in Mexico City), better known as María Novaro, is a Mexican film director. She was among the first generation of female filmmakers to graduate from a film school in Mexico. She has made five feature films and fourteen short films. Within the Mexican film industry, she has been a cinematographer, sound mixer, director, screenwriter and editor. Today, Novaro is one of the best known Mexican filmmakers to come out of the New Mexican Cinema and her films express Millian's idea of cinema in feminine.
Directed 10
2010s
- 2017
Tesoros
Director
- 2010
The Good Herbs
Director
2000s
- 2001
Without a Trace
Director
1990s
- 1998
Entangling Shadows
Director
- 1994
The Garden of Eden
Director
- 1993
Autumn
Director
- 1991
1980s
- 1989
Lola
Director
- 1988
Tales of the City
Director
- 1987
Azul Celeste
Director
Wrote 7
2010s
- 2017
Tesoros
Writer
- 2010
The Good Herbs
Screenplay
2000s
- 2001
Without a Trace
Writer
1990s
- 1994
The Garden of Eden
Screenplay
- 1991
1980s
- 1989
Lola
Writer
- 1988
Tales of the City
Writer
Edited 4
2010s
- 2017
Tesoros
Editor
- 2010
The Good Herbs
Editor
1990s
- 1994
The Garden of Eden
Editor
- 1991
Produced 3
2010s
- 2017
Tesoros
Producer
- 2010
The Good Herbs
Producer
2000s
- 2007
Burn the Bridges
Producer
Acted in 1
1990s
- 1990
My Filmmaking, My Life: Matilde Landeta
Movie
Appearances3
2020s
- 2023
Rebelled
Self
2010s
- 2016
Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses
Self
2000s
- 2007
Juarez: The City Where Women Are Disposable
Self
Thanked in the credits2
2010s
- 2019
Drawings Against Bullets
Thanks
- 2013
Lopez Street
Thanks