Emilio Gómez Muriel

Birthday: May 22nd, 1910 Date of Death: January 25th, 1985 Place of Birth: San Luis Potosi, Mexico

Emilio Gómez Muriel was a prolific Mexican film director, active between the 1930s and the 1970s.

He is known for melodramas, but one of his first films was Redes (release: 1936), an attempt at social cinema with a mostly non-professional cast.[2]

He won an award at the 1960 San Sebastian Film Festival for Simitrio.