
Writing
Ricardo Garibay
Born — Died
1923-01-18 — 1999-05-03
Place of birth
Tulancingo, Hidalgo, Mexico
Known for
Writing
Credits
21 titles
Ricardo Garibay (January 18, 1923 – May 3, 1999) was a Mexican writer and journalist. He studied law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where he was also a professor of literature. He also served as the chief of press for the Secretariat of Public Education and hosted the television program "Kaleidoscope" on the Imevisión Channel 13 network, Imevisión. He was president of the College of Sciences and Arts of Hidalgo in Pachuca. His work appeared in the Magazine of the University of Mexico, Proceso (which he co-founded), Novedades and Excélsior. He was a fellow of the Mexican Center of Writers from 1952 to 1953, and joined the National System of Artistic Creators of Mexico (SNC…
Known for
4.2American journalist John Reed travels to Mexico during the Mexican Revolution and interviews Francisco Villa. At the same time, we learn about his relationship with his lover Mabel Dodge, his participation in the Patterson strike, and his work as a reporter during World War I.
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
1982
6.4Transit must deal with his impulse to leave the country to go to the United States in search of the famous American dream.
El Mil Usos II
1984
8.0Northern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reynaldo and Martín, whose mother instills in them the need for revenge.
My Son, the Hero
1961
6.6A woman adopts a child and discovers that she can love again despite facing a wicked man.
Toña Machetes
1985
6.0Journalist becomes a member of a boxing champion's entourage to write a book about the boxer's career.
The Glories of the Great Púas
1984
6.4The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom fighters: a colonel, a widow, and a fiery female soldier.
La Cucaracha
1959
Behind the camera
4.2American journalist John Reed travels to Mexico during the Mexican Revolution and interviews Francisco Villa. At the same time, we learn about his relationship with his lover Mabel Dodge, his participation in the Patterson strike, and his work as a reporter during World War I.
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
1982
6.4Transit must deal with his impulse to leave the country to go to the United States in search of the famous American dream.
El Mil Usos II
1984
8.0Northern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reynaldo and Martín, whose mother instills in them the need for revenge.
My Son, the Hero
1961
6.6A woman adopts a child and discovers that she can love again despite facing a wicked man.
Toña Machetes
1985
6.0Journalist becomes a member of a boxing champion's entourage to write a book about the boxer's career.
The Glories of the Great Púas
1984
6.4The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom fighters: a colonel, a widow, and a fiery female soldier.
La Cucaracha
1959
6.0No synopsis available yet.
El ogro
1971
7.2The disembodied head of Pancho Villa, kept in a glass jar in a research institute, is the narrator of several short stories from his own life, stories that might or might not have happened but are the stuff of legend.
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
1957
6.9A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him into giving it away.
The Paper Man
1963
6.7Butch Fenton, major of American army, comes for Villa's head and he's gonna get it. The "Punitive Expedition" proved to be the last major campaign of the U.S. Cavalry. Mexican revolution is the first social movement of the century.
Chicogrande
2010
5.8No synopsis available yet.
La vida de Agustín Lara
1959
6.7A man and his godson fall in love with the same woman.
La Noche Del Halcon
1968
7.2The tragic adventures of a illiterate man named "Milusos" who leaves his family & hometown to go to the big city and try to better his luck. And finds he's unprepared for what he encounters.
El mil usos
1981
5.7A prostitute enters a brothel and establishes a rivalry faking love with the old owner.
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
1985
5.4Based on the corrido of Valentín de la Sierra, one of the revolutionary leaders who forged the armed struggle in Mexican history. The abuses of the Porfirista government against the humble people lead Valentín to lead a large-scale armed uprising.
Valentín de la Sierra
1968
4.4The Kid is a vicious psychopath given to laughing a lot, an actor manqué who leads a gang of looters and rapists, and is incestuous with his father to boot. The town’s resident Mater Dolorosa, madam of the brothel, hires her lover Marcado to kill the Kid, who is of course her son.
They Call Him Marcado
1971
6.3The story of the Mexican Revolution and a horse.
El Caballo Bayo
1969
6.4This is the story of a man, Emiliano Zapata, and of a revolution, the Mexican Revolution.
Emiliano Zapata
1970
6.3Mexican feature film
Diana, René y El Tíbiri
1988
No synopsis available yet.
Baja California: Paralelo 28
1975
5.4The second chapter of director Ismael Rodríguez's series about Pancho Villa. Several stories about the life and death of the famous mexican revolutionary general.
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
1958
