Biography
Zacarías Gómez Urquiza was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and assistant director whose career spanned more than three decades during the Golden Age and later years of Mexican cinema. After beginning as a script supervisor and assistant director in the early 1940s, he made his directorial debut in 1950 and went on to direct 40 films across a wide range of genres, including crime, melodrama, westerns, and adventure.
Directed 58
1970s
- 1974
- 1973
- 1971
Bajo el Ardiente Sol
Director
El tesoro de Morgan
Director
1960s
- 1967
Un Ángel de la Calle
Director
- 1966
El hijo del diablo
Director
El comandante Furia
Director
Falsificadores y Asesinos
Director
- 1965
Cargando con el muerto
Director
Mi ley es un revólver
Director
El último cartucho
Director
- 1964
El halcón solitario
Director
Un Gallo con Espolones
Director
- 1963
El terror de la frontera
Director
- 1962
The Avenging Fox
Director
Contra viento y marea
Director
The Deadly Trap
Director
The Revenge of the Shadow
Director
Thursday night
Director
- 1960
The Mask of Death
Director
1950s
- 1959
Las aventuras de Carlos Lacroix
Director
- 1958
Un vago sin oficio
Director
- 1955
El pecado de ser mujer
Director
El plagiario
Director
Yo fui novio de Rosita Alvírez
Director
El monstruo en la sombra
Director
Kid Tabaco
Director
- 1954
Me perderé contigo
Director
- 1953
El misterio del carro express
Director
El mensaje de la muerte
Director
Legítima defensa
Director
Misericordia
Director
Sueños de gloria
Director
- 1952
El derecho de nacer
Director
Those Green Eyes
Director
- 1951
Nosotras las sirvientas
Director
El tigre enmascarado
Director
El grito de la carne
Director
Flor de sangre
Director
- 1950
El sol sale para todos
Assistant Director
Cuide a su marido
Director
1940s
- 1949
Rondalla
Assistant Director
A Family Like Many Others
Assistant Director
- 1948
El gallo giro
Assistant Director
- 1947
- 1946
Enamorada
Assistant Director
El puente del castigo
Assistant Director
Sol y sombra
Assistant Director
- 1945
Bugambilia
Assistant Director
La pícara Susana
Co-Director, Director
La mujer que engañamos
Director
- 1944
México de mis recuerdos
Assistant Director
- 1943
Adiós juventud
Co-Director
No matarás
Assistant Director
Qué hombre tan simpático
Assistant Director
- 1942
The Prodigious Barber
Script Supervisor
- 1941
When the Children are Gone
Script Supervisor
- 1940
Al son de la marimba
Script Supervisor
Wrote 24
1970s
- 1973
- 1971
Bajo el Ardiente Sol
Screenplay
El tesoro de Morgan
Screenplay
1960s
- 1966
El hijo del diablo
Screenplay
- 1965
Mi ley es un revólver
Screenplay
El último cartucho
Screenplay
- 1964
El halcón solitario
Screenplay
- 1962
The Revenge of the Shadow
Screenplay
Thursday night
Screenplay
1950s
- 1959
The Scarlet Fox
Screenplay
Las aventuras de Carlos Lacroix
Screenplay
- 1955
El pecado de ser mujer
Screenplay
El plagiario
Writer
Kid Tabaco
Screenplay
- 1953
El misterio del carro express
Writer
El mensaje de la muerte
Writer
Legítima defensa
Screenplay
Misericordia
Adaptation
Sueños de gloria
Writer
- 1952
El derecho de nacer
Screenplay
- 1951
Nosotras las sirvientas
Screenplay
El tigre enmascarado
Writer
Flor de sangre
Writer
1940s
- 1946
Yo fui una usurpadora
Story
Acted in 1
1970s
- 1978
Xoxontla
Don Ceferino