Fernando Cortés

Directing

Fernando Cortés

Born — Died

1909-10-04 — 1979-01-01

Place of birth

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Known for

Directing

Credits

59 titles

Fernando "Papi" Cortés (October 4, 1909 – 1979) was a Puerto Rican film actor, writer and director. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City.

Known for

El gato sin botas poster
6.0

Target of ridicule from fellow military academy, the cowardly Augustin did not want to return to their village for fear of confronting his grandfather, a revolutionary colonel. In love with the movie star Laura, Agustin flee to the capital but encounters the dangerous Humberto, another in love with the actress. Thanks to his "nine lives", he attains overcome perilous adventures and, incidentally, overcome their fears.

El gato sin botas

1957

Agente 00 Sexy poster
5.1

The beautiful Agent 00 is sent by the girlfriend of a mafia boss to catch his band of miscreants.

Agente 00 Sexy

1968

La criada bien criada poster
6.1

Saucy-but-naive country girl moves to the big city to look for work.

La criada bien criada

1972

Fear Doesn't Ride a Donkey poster
7.8

This funny Mexican film tell the tale of a family who will do anything to get rid of the rich old lady who sits at the head of the clan. All the hilarious members want a piece of the very lucrative inheritance money. What they don't know, however, is that grandma has left all of the money to her trusty dog.

Fear Doesn't Ride a Donkey

1973

Pobre, pero honrada poster
6.0

Beloved Mexican screen star La India Maria portrays a poor but honorable woman who causes a stir around town when she decides to become a witch doctor in this classic comedy from director Fernando Cortes. When the real medical practitioner in town discovers that there's a new shaman around, the comic trouble that follows is sure to keep viewers in stitches.

Pobre, pero honrada

1973

Tonta tonta, pero no tanto poster
7.8

María Nicolasa Cruz, an illiterate young Mazahua woman, travels to Mexico City in search of a better life, only to be swept into a chain of misunderstandings and conspiracies that make her an unlikely suspect in thefts and murders.

Tonta tonta, pero no tanto

1972

Film credits

1950s · 5 titles

El gato sin botas poster
6.0

Target of ridicule from fellow military academy, the cowardly Augustin did not want to return to their village for fear of confronting his grandfather, a revolutionary colonel. In love with the movie star Laura, Agustin flee to the capital but encounters the dangerous Humberto, another in love with the actress. Thanks to his "nine lives", he attains overcome perilous adventures and, incidentally, overcome their fears.

El gato sin botas

1957

3 citas con el destino poster
6.2

The story unfolds through the twists and turns of a strange curse attributed to a jewel that, passed from hand to hand, carries a deadly destiny. Its theme spans the three countries where it was filmed (Spain, Mexico, and Argentina), beginning in Spain and then moving to Mexico. The jewel, which takes on the character of another figure in the narrative as it travels through different parts of the world, arrives in Buenos Aires. The film ultimately presents the jewel's final destination in Mexico, where its owner dies, like others who were also marked by its malevolent influence.

3 citas con el destino

1954

Recién casados... no molestar poster
5.6

Newly-married woman discovers that her husband's a virgin and not the notorious Don Juan that she'd heard rumors about, and their marriage almost collapses because he's faithful and monogamous and good.

Recién casados... no molestar

1951

Lullaby poster
6.6

A group of nuns raise an abandoned baby as their own inside a convent.

Lullaby

1953

Venezuela también canta poster
NR

A group of musicians try to establish a pacifist Latin American philharmonic orchestra. They must face the efforts of an American spy to ruin the project.

Venezuela también canta

1951

1940s · 12 titles

La liga de las canciones poster
6.3

International committee mounts a revue to promote Pan-American unity. Showbiz hotel rom-com hilarity ensues.

La liga de las canciones

1941

Las cinco noches de Adán poster
5.8

Globe-hopping playboy bachelor is getting on in years, so he invites his five international children to come live with him.

Las cinco noches de Adán

1942

Yo bailé con Don Porfirio poster
6.0

Light comedy in which Joaquin Cortes and Mapy Pardavé join their talents, written and directed by Gilberto Martinez Solares. It deals with the life of a pair of twins from a provincial family who emigrated to the city, then one begins to work in a music magazine and occasionally is confused with her sister, which causes problems with their respective boyfriends.

Yo bailé con Don Porfirio

1942

Las tandas del principal poster
6.8

Frivolous young dandy is trying to score with an operetta singer, but she ends up with his uncle.

Las tandas del principal

1949

Cinco minutos de amor poster
6.3

Bedroom farce, with three men claiming the same woman as their mistress.

Cinco minutos de amor

1941

El globo de Cantolla poster
5.8

Three boys and three girls in the 1890s.

El globo de Cantolla

1944

El amor las vuelve locas poster
5.4

Uni professor is voted "Hunkiest teacher of the year." Madcap complications.

El amor las vuelve locas

1946

No artwork available
9.0

To marry a second time, a woman pretends to be the mother of only one daughter, when in fact she has four.

Hoy cumple años mamá

1948

La pícara Susana poster
5.7

Socialist librarian gets mixed up in the family life of a spoiled rich girl and her screwball family.

La pícara Susana

1945

La hija del regimiento poster
6.4

In Fuente Clara over ten years since any man born. The population, mostly female, are desperate and resorts to the reigning prince.

La hija del regimiento

1944

The Pharaoh's Court poster
6.2

The wise men of the kingdom interpret a dream of Pharaoh and decide that Putifar, a victorious general, should marry Lota, a virginal slave.

The Pharaoh's Court

1944

Cinco fueron escogidos poster
5.3

Cinco fueron escogidos taking place in Slavko, a "peaceful town in Yugoslavia," with only Yugoslavians and Germans as characters, not a Mexican or Spaniard in sight. Another interesting point about Cinco fueron escogidos is the existence of an alternate version, shot in English with a different cast (at least in major roles). Sadly, this film, usually referred to as "Five Were Chosen" but sometimes called "Hostages" (not to be confused with the somewhat similar 1943 Hollywood movie with that title), appears to be lost. García Riera indicates the English-language version was screened in Mexico, at least for the press, but does not seem to have been released commercially in the Mexico or the USA. Since Herbert Kline was well-known for his leftist views, it's not surprising to note that many of the imported Hollywood actors were also left-leaning (and in fact more than one was blacklisted during the Red Scare era).

Cinco fueron escogidos

1943

Behind the camera

El gato sin botas poster
6.0

Target of ridicule from fellow military academy, the cowardly Augustin did not want to return to their village for fear of confronting his grandfather, a revolutionary colonel. In love with the movie star Laura, Agustin flee to the capital but encounters the dangerous Humberto, another in love with the actress. Thanks to his "nine lives", he attains overcome perilous adventures and, incidentally, overcome their fears.

El gato sin botas

1957

Agente 00 Sexy poster
5.1

The beautiful Agent 00 is sent by the girlfriend of a mafia boss to catch his band of miscreants.

Agente 00 Sexy

1968

Agente 00 Sexy poster
5.1

The beautiful Agent 00 is sent by the girlfriend of a mafia boss to catch his band of miscreants.

Agente 00 Sexy

1968

La criada bien criada poster
6.1

Saucy-but-naive country girl moves to the big city to look for work.

La criada bien criada

1972

La criada bien criada poster
6.1

Saucy-but-naive country girl moves to the big city to look for work.

La criada bien criada

1972

La criada bien criada poster
6.1

Saucy-but-naive country girl moves to the big city to look for work.

La criada bien criada

1972

Fear Doesn't Ride a Donkey poster
7.8

This funny Mexican film tell the tale of a family who will do anything to get rid of the rich old lady who sits at the head of the clan. All the hilarious members want a piece of the very lucrative inheritance money. What they don't know, however, is that grandma has left all of the money to her trusty dog.

Fear Doesn't Ride a Donkey

1973

Pobre, pero honrada poster
6.0

Beloved Mexican screen star La India Maria portrays a poor but honorable woman who causes a stir around town when she decides to become a witch doctor in this classic comedy from director Fernando Cortes. When the real medical practitioner in town discovers that there's a new shaman around, the comic trouble that follows is sure to keep viewers in stitches.

Pobre, pero honrada

1973

Tonta tonta, pero no tanto poster
7.8

María Nicolasa Cruz, an illiterate young Mazahua woman, travels to Mexico City in search of a better life, only to be swept into a chain of misunderstandings and conspiracies that make her an unlikely suspect in thefts and murders.

Tonta tonta, pero no tanto

1972

Tonta tonta, pero no tanto poster
7.8

María Nicolasa Cruz, an illiterate young Mazahua woman, travels to Mexico City in search of a better life, only to be swept into a chain of misunderstandings and conspiracies that make her an unlikely suspect in thefts and murders.

Tonta tonta, pero no tanto

1972

Quiero morir en carnaval poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Quiero morir en carnaval

1961

Quiero morir en carnaval poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Quiero morir en carnaval

1961

La madrecita poster
7.2

María Nicolasa decides to dedicate her life to the faith and enter a convent as a novice. However, her impulsive nature, unmistakable naivety, and unconventional methods immediately disrupt the nuns' rigid routine. Upon learning of the serious financial troubles threatening the local orphanage, the amusing novice does not hesitate to get involved in all sorts of zany situations, confronting thieves, loan sharks, and authorities alike to protect the orphans and keep her order's mission afloat.

La madrecita

1974

La madrecita poster
7.2

María Nicolasa decides to dedicate her life to the faith and enter a convent as a novice. However, her impulsive nature, unmistakable naivety, and unconventional methods immediately disrupt the nuns' rigid routine. Upon learning of the serious financial troubles threatening the local orphanage, the amusing novice does not hesitate to get involved in all sorts of zany situations, confronting thieves, loan sharks, and authorities alike to protect the orphans and keep her order's mission afloat.

La madrecita

1974

Hay un niño en su futuro poster
5.4

Wacky rich woman subjects her husband, servants and friends to a series of elaborate masquerades, remodeling her house and wardrobe every couple of days to represent different historical eras or cultural milieux. Today she's Marie Antoinette, tomorrow she may be Pancho Villa's common-law wife or a nun.

Hay un niño en su futuro

1952

Me casé con un cura poster
5.7

Ángel Maura, a seminarian with an innate talent, has an ideal voice for singing. Offers of work and money arise, but Ángel rejects them because he wants to continue his preparation as a priest. His cousin of the same name, however, decides to impersonate him in order to gain fame and fortune. A fan of the singer begins to go out with him, but soon discovers that she is in love with the wrong person.

Me casé con un cura

1968

Me casé con un cura poster
5.7

Ángel Maura, a seminarian with an innate talent, has an ideal voice for singing. Offers of work and money arise, but Ángel rejects them because he wants to continue his preparation as a priest. His cousin of the same name, however, decides to impersonate him in order to gain fame and fortune. A fan of the singer begins to go out with him, but soon discovers that she is in love with the wrong person.

Me casé con un cura

1968

Un Latin lover en Acapulco poster
6.3

Roberto is tired of his life as an office worker in Mexico City, so he moves to Acapulco to try his luck as a "Latin lover".

Un Latin lover en Acapulco

1967

Un Latin lover en Acapulco poster
6.3

Roberto is tired of his life as an office worker in Mexico City, so he moves to Acapulco to try his luck as a "Latin lover".

Un Latin lover en Acapulco

1967

Un tipo a todo dar poster
5.8

Romanticized version of Javier Solis' biography, from working-class roots to boxer to musician.

Un tipo a todo dar

1963

El luchador fenómeno poster
5.8

Amado is an employee of a brewery that dreams of success in football. Inveterate dreamer sends a letter to the pantheon of athletes. There champions Assembly decides to send the spirit of a great scorer for help. However, the devil, a fighter with no luck, decides to take the place of the player and turn beloved wrestling champion. This is one of the first incursions of Mexican cinema to the sub-genre of movies precursor struggle and many others that followed over the decades of the 50s and 60s.

El luchador fenómeno

1952

Refifí entre las mujeres poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

Refifí entre las mujeres

1958

Refifí entre las mujeres poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

Refifí entre las mujeres

1958

Luna de miel en Puerto Rico poster
6.0

Manuel, the manager of the (real-life) Hotel Condado Beach in San Juan, and his assistant Paquito decide to promote their establishment by offering free "honeymoons in Puerto Rico" to newlywed couples.

Luna de miel en Puerto Rico

1966

Luna de miel en Puerto Rico poster
6.0

Manuel, the manager of the (real-life) Hotel Condado Beach in San Juan, and his assistant Paquito decide to promote their establishment by offering free "honeymoons in Puerto Rico" to newlywed couples.

Luna de miel en Puerto Rico

1966

Entre Pobretones y Ricachones poster
6.0

The adventures of Mostachón and Wash & Wear in his bid to win the estate of a mysterious millionaire uncle who suddenly appeared in their lives but their parents would not let anything easy

Entre Pobretones y Ricachones

1973

Entre Pobretones y Ricachones poster
6.0

The adventures of Mostachón and Wash & Wear in his bid to win the estate of a mysterious millionaire uncle who suddenly appeared in their lives but their parents would not let anything easy

Entre Pobretones y Ricachones

1973

Cautivo del mas allá poster
4.0

Vicky loves Ricardo but Ricardo loves Barbara. So, Vicky goes to a gypsy witch who convinces her she must make a pact with Satan in order to cast an effective love spell on Ricardo. After Vicky gives her body and soul to the Dark One, she engages with Ricardo in a passionate night of lovemaking that is cut short by Satan, who, sensing that Ricardo has not completely fallen under the spell, orders Vicky to kill him. Following Ricardo's death, his brother Carlos is haunted by nightmares of the dead sibling, who appears and takes possession of Carlos in order to get his revenge on Vicky.

Cautivo del mas allá

1968

Los expatriados poster
6.5

The film, which is an ode to Rafael Hernández's song "Lamento borincano", is a social commentary of the political and social policies of the 40's and 50's which led to the abandonment of what was seen by many as the "pure", "virtuous" life of the finca (farm) for the "corrupting" influence of urban centers like San Juan and New York City.

Los expatriados

1963

Los expatriados poster
6.5

The film, which is an ode to Rafael Hernández's song "Lamento borincano", is a social commentary of the political and social policies of the 40's and 50's which led to the abandonment of what was seen by many as the "pure", "virtuous" life of the finca (farm) for the "corrupting" influence of urban centers like San Juan and New York City.

Los expatriados

1963

El beisbolista fenómeno poster
6.5

The soul of a dead baseball player finds a human host to occupy so it can achieve some career goals it hadn't accomplished during its lifetime. Riotous hijinks ensue.

El beisbolista fenómeno

1952

Recién casados... no molestar poster
5.6

Newly-married woman discovers that her husband's a virgin and not the notorious Don Juan that she'd heard rumors about, and their marriage almost collapses because he's faithful and monogamous and good.

Recién casados... no molestar

1951

No artwork available
5.4

Lucía hides her true past in order to rebuild her future. She lives in Puerto Rico and attends university with a group of friends, who often spend time at her favorite hangout, "The Scene Au Go-Go," run by Tres Patines.

Vírgenes de la nueva ola

1967

No artwork available
5.4

Lucía hides her true past in order to rebuild her future. She lives in Puerto Rico and attends university with a group of friends, who often spend time at her favorite hangout, "The Scene Au Go-Go," run by Tres Patines.

Vírgenes de la nueva ola

1967

Dile que la quiero poster
8.1

Teenager covers for his no-count older brother. Ice-cream parlors, rock-n-roll dances, football games, jalopies and racing cars. Also tragedy.

Dile que la quiero

1963

¡Qué familia tan cotorra! poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

¡Qué familia tan cotorra!

1973

Trip to the Moon poster
6.0

In this movie a couple of comedians try to disappear for a while and end up in an asylum, where confused as the mad, and try to escape, but one of them falls in love and that complicates things.

Trip to the Moon

1958

Trip to the Moon poster
6.0

In this movie a couple of comedians try to disappear for a while and end up in an asylum, where confused as the mad, and try to escape, but one of them falls in love and that complicates things.

Trip to the Moon

1958

Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9 poster
5.7

Focuses on the emotional life of two women, whose husbands, with labor excuses, make "outings" from 7 to 9 at night.

Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9

1946

No artwork available
NR

A Puerto Rican goes to New York to seek his fortune.

Mr. Dólar

1964