Claudio Isaac

Directing

Biography

Claudio Isaac (15 April 1957 – 27 November 2024) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He entered filmmaking as a child actor in Tiempo de morir and later worked in production at the Secretariat of Public Education’s film department, before assisting Arturo Ripstein on Foxtrot. He wrote and directed the autobiographical debut feature Crónica íntima, then concentrated on documentary and cultural television, including films on poets Jaime Sabines, Guadalupe Amor, and Octavio Paz. He wrote the first episode and directed episodes of the anthology series Hora Marcada, returned to fiction with El día que murió Pedro Infante, and later directed Sin Dios y sin Diablo, Jaime Sabines y sus lectores, alongside long-running documentary series such as Palabra empeñada and Santo y seña.

Filmography Movies

Acting

MOVIE

The Day Pedro Infante Died

5.0(0.0K)

Pablo Rueda, a frustrated writer and artist, wanders through Mexico City in a labyrinth of dreams and memories that may or may not be those of his novels.

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The Day Pedro Infante Died

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The Devil's Visitations

6.3(0.0K)

A young architect returns from Europe to live in the house of his uncles and cousins, where someone pretends to be the Devil.

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The Devil's Visitations

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Time to Die

6.9(0.0K)

A man comes home after serving 18 years in jail for murder in this routine western. Although the man killed in self defense, rumors in town circulated that he murdered the victim in cold blood. The ex-con wants to get his life together, but the two sons of the slain man are gunning for the man who killed their father.

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Time to Die

Claudio Sampedro

Production

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Crónica íntima

Mexican feature film

Crónica íntima

Mexican feature film

Mariana Mariana

6.6(0.0K)

The story runs in the 1940s Mexico City. A schoolboy (Carlos) falls in love with his best friend's mother (Mariana). Carlos is impressed because this family is not like the ordinary mexican families of the time, because they have many expensive American things, although they are not rich. The drama begins when Carlos gets out of school to go to declare his love to Mariana, and is discovered by his teachers.

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Mariana Mariana

Post Production Supervisor

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The Language of Trees

8.0(0.0K)

An exploration on Paz's poetry by Paz himself, his childhood, his ideas about love and the nature of art

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The Language of Trees

Director

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The Language of Trees

8.0(0.0K)

An exploration on Paz's poetry by Paz himself, his childhood, his ideas about love and the nature of art

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The Language of Trees

Writer

MOVIE

Pablo Rueda, a frustrated writer and artist, wanders through Mexico City in a labyrinth of dreams and memories that may or may not be those of his novels.

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The Day Pedro Infante Died

Director