Nationality: Spanish
Birthdate: 09/05/1920
Birthplace: Badajoz, Spain
Death Date: 12/03/1992
Spanish-born actor turned screenwriter of Mexican films starting in the late 1940s. Alcoriza co-wrote many of Luis Bunuel's Mexican classics, including such powerful films as "Los Olvidados" (1950), "El" (1952) and "The Exterminating Angel" (1962). Beginning in the early 60s and continuing into the late 80s, Alcoriza began directing his own films, but these are little known outside Mexico.
Worked as an actor in European theater while still in his teens
Moved to Mexico; became established as a film actor there
Turned to screenwriting in the late 1940s
1949
First collaboration with director Luis Bunuel, "El Gran Calavera/The Great Madcap", which Alcoriza wrote and in which he also acted
1962
Last collaboration with Bunuel, "El Angel Exterminador/The Exterminating Angel"
