Filmmaker

Celestino Gorostiza

Celestino Gorostiza (31 January 1904 – 11 January 1967) was a Mexican playwright, screenwriter, and film and theater director. Born in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, he studied in Aguascalientes and Mexico City before becoming involved in Mexico's theatrical avant-garde. In 1927, he co-founded the Teatro de Ulises with Salvador Novo and Xavier Villaurrutia, and in 1934 he founded the Teatro Orientación with Julio Bracho. He entered the film industry in 1935 as a production supervisor at CLASA Films, working on Let's Go with Pancho Villa. He later worked as a screenwriter and adapter before making his directorial debut with Naná (1943), starring Lupe Vélez. He subsequently directed Sinfonía de una vida (1945) and Ave de paso (1945), his final feature films.…