Biography
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.
Directed 87
1960s
- 1969
Madame Death
Director
Minifaldas con espuelas
Director
Pact with the Devil
Director
- 1968
Los Asesinos
Director
Ambición sangrienta
Director
La ley del gavilán
Director
- 1966
La mano de Dios
Director
Gallo corriente, gallo valiente
Director
La frontera sin ley
Director
Los dos apóstoles
Director
- 1965
El asalto
Director
La maldición del oro
Director
Nos lleva la tristeza
Director
- 1964
Un padre a toda máquina
Director
Me llaman el cantaclaro
Director
Agarrando parejo
Director
La banda del fantasma negro
Director
- 1963
Barridos y regados
Director
El amor llegó a Jalisco
Director
La garra del leopardo
Director
The Terrible Giant of the Snow
Director
Aquí está tu enamorado
Director
The Monster of the Volcano
Director
- 1962
El lobo blanco
Director
- 1961
Pa' qué me sirve la vida
Director
¡Que padre tan padre!
Director
Limosneros con garrote
Director
Pobre del pobre
Director
Los laureles
Director
- 1960
The Dalton That Got Away
Director
Dos hijos desobedientes
Director
Dos Maridos baratos
Director
1950s
- 1959
Tan bueno el giro como el colorado
Director
Yo... el aventurero
Director
La reina del cielo
Director
- 1958
Scared to Death
Director
Los muertos no hablan
Director
Fiesta en el corazón
Director
Tres desgraciados con suerte
Director
Ay... Calypso no te rajes!
Director
The Witch Suckled Them
Director
La guarida del buitre
Director
Los Mujeriegos
Director
El fin de un imperio
Director
- 1957
La justicia del gavilán vengador
Director
La pantera negra
Director
Hundred girls
Director
Here are the eagles!
Director
Cuatro contra el imperio
Director
- 1956
La huella del chacal
Director
La sierra del terror
Director
El hombre que quiso ser pobre
Director
- 1955
El gavilan vengador
Director
El rayo justiciero
Director
- 1954
To the sound of the Charleston
Director
Estoy taan enamorada
Director
- 1952
El ruiseñor del barrio
Director
Mi adorado salvaje
Director
- 1951
Los pobres van al cielo
Director
Los huéspedes de La Marquesa
Director
- 1950
Una mujer sin destino
Director
El amor no es negocio
Director
La vida en broma
Director
1940s
- 1949
Venus de fuego
Director
Nosotros los rateros
Director
Cita con la muerte
Director
Pobres, pero sinvergüenzas
Director
Price of Glory
Director
I Slept With a Ghost
Director
- 1948
El nieto del Zorro
Director
- 1947
Voces de primavera
Director
- 1946
Boom in the Moon
Director
El último amor de Goya
Director
- 1945
Escuadrón 201
Director
Soltera y con gemelos
Director
Marina
Director
- 1944
La hija del regimiento
Director
- 1943
El Jorobado
Director
Wrote 76
1970s
- 1971
El profe
Story
- 1970
El asesino enmascarado
Screenplay, Story
1960s
- 1969
A Quixote Without La Mancha
Screenplay
Minifaldas con espuelas
Screenplay
- 1968
Ambición sangrienta
Writer
La ley del gavilán
Screenplay
- 1966
Los dos apóstoles
Writer
- 1965
El asalto
Adaptation
Nos lleva la tristeza
Screenplay
Yo, el gobernador
Story, Adaptation
- 1964
Me llaman el cantaclaro
Writer
- 1963
Entrega Inmediata
Adaptation
Barridos y regados
Screenplay
El amor llegó a Jalisco
Story, Writer
La garra del leopardo
Screenplay
- 1962
The Extra
Adaptation
- 1961
Pa' qué me sirve la vida
Story, Adaptation
El analfabeto
Adaptation
1950s
- 1959
800 Leagues Over the Amazon
Screenplay
Tan bueno el giro como el colorado
Adaptation
Yo... el aventurero
Adaptation, Story
- 1958
Los muertos no hablan
Adaptation
Fiesta en el corazón
Screenplay
Tres desgraciados con suerte
Writer
The Witch Suckled Them
Screenplay
La guarida del buitre
Adaptation
La mafia del crimen
Story
- 1957
El bolero de Raquel
Dialogue, Adaptation
Here are the eagles!
Screenplay
- 1956
La huella del chacal
Adaptation
La sierra del terror
Adaptation
Up and Down
Story
El hombre que quiso ser pobre
Writer
- 1955
Drop the Curtain
Screenplay
- 1954
Tailored gentleman
Story
To the sound of the Charleston
Screenplay
- 1953
Mr. Photographer
Adaptation
Cuatro horas antes de morir
Writer
- 1952
El cuarto cerrado
Adaptation
The Atomic Fireman
Screenplay
A Woman Without Love
Dialogue, Adaptation
Si yo fuera diputado
Adaptation
- 1951
Los pobres van al cielo
Screenplay
El Siete Machos
Adaptation
- 1950
La vida en broma
Screenplay
El Portero
Screenplay
1940s
- 1949
Nosotros los rateros
Writer
Cita con la muerte
Story, Dialogue
The Magician
Screenplay
Price of Glory
Writer
I Slept With a Ghost
Writer
- 1948
El Supersabio
Screenplay
- 1947
Fly Away, Young Man!
Adaptation
- 1946
Boom in the Moon
Story, Adaptation
Soy un prófugo
Dialogue
- 1945
One Day with the Devil
Writer
Escuadrón 201
Screenplay
Soltera y con gemelos
Adaptation
Marina
Screenplay
- 1944
La hija del regimiento
Writer
- 1943
Romeo y Julieta
Writer
El Jorobado
Writer
The Circus
Screenplay, Story
- 1942
The Three Musketeers
Writer
Mi viuda alegre
Writer
- 1941
