
Directing
Juan José Ortega
Born — Died
1904-10-27 — 1996-12-27
Place of birth
Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, México.
Known for
Directing
Credits
40 titles
Juan J. Ortega (27 October 1904 – 27 December 1996), born Juan José Ortega García, was a Mexican film director, distributor, and journalist. Born in Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, he worked as a journalist for more than 15 years before entering the film industry. In 1935, while serving on the Irrigation Commission, he participated in the production of the documentary features Irrigación en México and Gigantes de piedra. His experience with these productions led him to pursue filmmaking. He made his directorial debut with Sendas del destino (1939), beginning a career that would span more than four decades. Among his notable films are La casa de la Zorra (1945), La mujer legítima (1945)…
Known for
6.0Directed by Juan Ortega and set in 19th Century Victorian England, a struggling single woman of the noble class , named Juana Champion (played by actress Andrea Palma), has absolutely no marriage prospects. After finally resigning herself to becoming a Spinster or "Old Maid", she decides to go live with her very wealthy Aunt, none other than the Dutchess of Meldrum. Not long after her arrival, she quickly becomes infatuated with a charming, good-looking and talented painter named Garth, who works for her prim and proper Aunt. Although there is a mutual attraction between them from the start, Garth does not truly fall in love with Juana until he hears her sing a wonderful song called "The Rosary".
El rosario
1944
5.7Three big-city wimps have to pass for machos when they go to their home-town.
Las bravuconas
1963
5.7Bad guy who runs a ritzy nightclub is trying to keep his younger brother out of the gutter and get him into a professional career. Unknowingly, he takes up with his brother's fiancee. Also other complications.
Cuando el alba llegue
1950
The discovery of a young woman murdered in her car triggers unrelated problems among a diverse group of people.
Ellas también son rebeldes
1961
6.2Roberto on a journey to Mexico knows to Maria de La Paz, a woman older than he, who falls in love, she also has feelings for him, but doesn't give him hopes cause she is married. Fate reunites them without imagine it, they will have to face a moral dilemma.
La razón de la culpa
1943
5.4Traveling lawman comes to town and schools the residents in collective farming practices. There's also a bad guy with a lot of money who's cut off the water supply to the area's farmers, and the soul of a murder victim that manifests as a flying fireball.
El río de las ánimas
1964
Behind the camera
6.0Directed by Juan Ortega and set in 19th Century Victorian England, a struggling single woman of the noble class , named Juana Champion (played by actress Andrea Palma), has absolutely no marriage prospects. After finally resigning herself to becoming a Spinster or "Old Maid", she decides to go live with her very wealthy Aunt, none other than the Dutchess of Meldrum. Not long after her arrival, she quickly becomes infatuated with a charming, good-looking and talented painter named Garth, who works for her prim and proper Aunt. Although there is a mutual attraction between them from the start, Garth does not truly fall in love with Juana until he hears her sing a wonderful song called "The Rosary".
El rosario
1944
6.0Directed by Juan Ortega and set in 19th Century Victorian England, a struggling single woman of the noble class , named Juana Champion (played by actress Andrea Palma), has absolutely no marriage prospects. After finally resigning herself to becoming a Spinster or "Old Maid", she decides to go live with her very wealthy Aunt, none other than the Dutchess of Meldrum. Not long after her arrival, she quickly becomes infatuated with a charming, good-looking and talented painter named Garth, who works for her prim and proper Aunt. Although there is a mutual attraction between them from the start, Garth does not truly fall in love with Juana until he hears her sing a wonderful song called "The Rosary".
El rosario
1944
5.7Three big-city wimps have to pass for machos when they go to their home-town.
Las bravuconas
1963
5.7Bad guy who runs a ritzy nightclub is trying to keep his younger brother out of the gutter and get him into a professional career. Unknowingly, he takes up with his brother's fiancee. Also other complications.
Cuando el alba llegue
1950
The discovery of a young woman murdered in her car triggers unrelated problems among a diverse group of people.
Ellas también son rebeldes
1961
6.2Roberto on a journey to Mexico knows to Maria de La Paz, a woman older than he, who falls in love, she also has feelings for him, but doesn't give him hopes cause she is married. Fate reunites them without imagine it, they will have to face a moral dilemma.
La razón de la culpa
1943
5.4Traveling lawman comes to town and schools the residents in collective farming practices. There's also a bad guy with a lot of money who's cut off the water supply to the area's farmers, and the soul of a murder victim that manifests as a flying fireball.
El río de las ánimas
1964
5.0Santo fights diamond smugglers.
Santo in the Mystery of the Black Pearl
1976
6.0A Cuban rumbera dancer undergoes an ordeal to fall in love with a married Mexican doctor.
Caribbean Rhythms
1950
6.0A Cuban rumbera dancer undergoes an ordeal to fall in love with a married Mexican doctor.
Caribbean Rhythms
1950
5.4A group of international criminals steal a large emerald from a heavily guarded Colombian mine and they plan to sell it on the black market. Unfortunately, the evil Dr. Igor is also manipulating other criminals, as well as the ones who stole the emerald, for his own benefit. Santo, a Mexican wrestler/Interpol agent works with the Colombian authorities in an attempt to recover the emerald and to stop Dr. Igor and his subordinates, as well.
Santo Faces Death
1970
6.0Publicist on a movie set invents a romance between two stars, and then they start getting all mushy for real. But one of them's married, uh-oh.
No me olvides nunca
1956
6.0An older gentleman takes responsibility for molding a young showgirl's career; there seems to be a romantic link between them, but she has lots of side-pieces running around, and a serious boyfriend waiting in the wings...
Una lección de amor
1956
5.8Behind-the-scenes at a famous nightclub's floor-show. Those wacky choreographers and hotel managers!
Tropicana
1957
6.0Wealthy Mexican tourist gets swindled by a Cuban woman pretending to be his daughter from a previous visit.
Me gustan todas
1954
3.5No synopsis available yet.
Frente al Pecado de Ayer
1955
5.8No synopsis available yet.
La insaciable
1947
5.8No synopsis available yet.
La insaciable
1947
6.4The owner of an illegal gambling casino witnesses all the problems in the life of her dissolute son and finally acts in a way that'll help him rehabilitate himself.
La casa de la zorra
1945
6.0Two gangsters on the lam end up in Cuba.
El ángel caído
1949
6.7Two guys fight over two girls, ranchera style.
Ay Chabela...!
1961
Mexican feature film
Su primer amor
1960
Mexican feature film
Su primer amor
1960
3.8In Havana, humble office girl Maria Caridad becomes the victim of rich playboy Arturo who seduces her and takes her to bed under false pretenses.
Yo no creo en los hombres
1955
3.8In Havana, humble office girl Maria Caridad becomes the victim of rich playboy Arturo who seduces her and takes her to bed under false pretenses.
Yo no creo en los hombres
1955
6.3Successful nightclub singer has difficulties with her love life.
Preciosa
1965
5.7Widower wants to remarry, but his adult children are slow to warm to his new wife. One daughter in particular tries very hard to discredit her in his eyes.
La mujer legítima
1945
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Lo que sólo el hombre puede sufrir
1943
5.0Itinerant cowboy impersonates the missing-presumed-dead owner of a hacienda to set matters straight and bring criminals to justice.
Herencia maldita
1963
Frivolous young society woman gains depth and maturity through contact with the director of an orphanage and his wards.
Cuentan de una mujer
1959
6.7This overlooked, if not almost forgotten romantic melodrama from Director Juan Jose Ortega, features a South American-born beauty named Lenora Amar, (whom the Mexican press quickly dubbed "The Brazilian Beauty"), in the title role. Although her acting career was rather short-lived because she chose to end it when she was just 27 years of age, her Zorina co-star and then-husband, Luis Aldas, (starring as" Bardo" in this film), seem to still have made an impact on movie audiences due to some favorable news publicity and the relative success of the handful of films the pair made.
Zorina
1949
6.7This overlooked, if not almost forgotten romantic melodrama from Director Juan Jose Ortega, features a South American-born beauty named Lenora Amar, (whom the Mexican press quickly dubbed "The Brazilian Beauty"), in the title role. Although her acting career was rather short-lived because she chose to end it when she was just 27 years of age, her Zorina co-star and then-husband, Luis Aldas, (starring as" Bardo" in this film), seem to still have made an impact on movie audiences due to some favorable news publicity and the relative success of the handful of films the pair made.
Zorina
1949
5.6A beautiful young woman, adopted as a child by a man, falls in love with her stepfather and wants to conceive a child with him.
Toda una vida
1945
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Frente al destino
1964
6.0Bad Comanches persuade good Apaches to go on the warpath.
Horizontes de sangre
1962
4.0Wicked man seduces virtuous young woman; she leaves home in disgrace. Etc.
Flor de fango
1942
5.6Wealthy libertine tries to seduce another man's mistress by threatening to send him to jail if she doesn't put out. Blowback from his sleazy behavior affects five other people; everybody suffers. Enormously.
Lodo y Armiño
1951
5.6Wealthy libertine tries to seduce another man's mistress by threatening to send him to jail if she doesn't put out. Blowback from his sleazy behavior affects five other people; everybody suffers. Enormously.
Lodo y Armiño
1951
5.6Wealthy libertine tries to seduce another man's mistress by threatening to send him to jail if she doesn't put out. Blowback from his sleazy behavior affects five other people; everybody suffers. Enormously.
Lodo y Armiño
1951
6.7A woman with a dubious reputation causes problems in an aristocratic marriage.
El abanico de Lady Windermere
1944
