Fernando Durán Rojas

Directing

Fernando Durán Rojas

Born

1940-05-23 (86)

Place of birth

Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico

Known for

Directing

Credits

45 titles

Fernando Durán Rojas was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and producer known for his work in Mexican cinema during the 1970s and 1980s. He directed films such as El vals sin fin (1972) and Los pequeños gigantes (1975), which explore social and political themes relevant to Mexican society. Durán Rojas's films often depicted the struggles of marginalized communities, contributing to the discourse on social justice in Mexican cinema. His work is recognized for its narrative depth and commitment to highlighting societal issues.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

La Bestia poster
NR

Sebastian Santana lives a life full of wealth and luxury. One day he is betrayed by his best friend.

La Bestia

2007

Los Profesionales poster
NR

Squadron of mercenaries go out for justice.

Los Profesionales

2003

The Sheriff's Strange Son poster
6.4

In a small western town, a father obliges a doctor to separate two conjoined twins in a very hazardous operation. One of the children dies but years after seems to have survived as his brother's second personality.

The Sheriff's Strange Son

1986

La vieja de mi viejo poster
2.3

Germán and his family go to the capital to start a new life. In his truck he travels the country working and trying to escape from a past full of women, liquor and excesses, but fate will take him back down the route of pleasure.

La vieja de mi viejo

2003

La verdad de la lucha poster
5.6

No synopsis available yet.

La verdad de la lucha

1990

Se Equivoco El Pistolero poster
2.3

No synopsis available yet.

Se Equivoco El Pistolero

2007

Juan Armenta El Repatriado poster
7.4

Juan returns home to Mexico after working in the USA for awhile, and gets caught up in cowboy problems among his townsfolk.

Juan Armenta El Repatriado

1976

When the Night Falls poster
6.7

A young man becomes involved in wars between street gangs during his trip to the city to improve his education with terrible consequences.

When the Night Falls

1991

El señor de los cielos III poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

El señor de los cielos III

1998

Angels of Death poster
6.2

Two sisters lived through a terrible nightmare as children, witnessing the death of their parents and their brutal rape. Now as adults, they kill men at night as revenge for their trauma.

Angels of Death

1993

Las Fabulosas Del Reventón poster
4.6

Love triangles, romantic entanglements, and spectacular bodies! All this to the rhythm of laughter & the sounds of La Sonora Santanera.

Las Fabulosas Del Reventón

1982

Era cabrón el viejo poster
5.0

A senior citizen must fight against a corrupt police force and the man who controls them.

Era cabrón el viejo

2000

Cholos la ley del barrio poster
3.0

All bets are off between warring factions, led by two men known simply as The Tank and The Pork, in this drama starring Agustin Bernal.

Cholos la ley del barrio

2003

Cholos la ley del barrio poster
3.0

All bets are off between warring factions, led by two men known simply as The Tank and The Pork, in this drama starring Agustin Bernal.

Cholos la ley del barrio

2003

Jesus El Pata De Palo - El Criminal poster
5.6

Jesús was framed for a crime he didn't commit, he serves his sentence and then goes home to get revenge.

Jesus El Pata De Palo - El Criminal

1981

Al margen de la ley poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Al margen de la ley

1989

Se Me Pelo El Poca Madre poster
NR

Miguel Angel Rodriguez film

Se Me Pelo El Poca Madre

2001

Tragedia en Waco, Texas poster
6.7

On 28 Feb 1993, the ATF organized a raid on the Davidian ranch in a rural area near Waco, Texas. The raid was carried out because of the alleged illegal presence of weapons on the property, resulting in the deaths of four agents and five Davidians.

Tragedia en Waco, Texas

1993

El hombre de Medellín poster
4.4

A Mexican police task force must fight against an international drug smuggling ring.

El hombre de Medellín

1994

Ak-47 temible cuerno de chivo poster
6.0

A humble shoe shiner is hired by a drug lord as a driver, and he quickly raises up the ranks to become his most trusted hitman. But his biggest desire is a woman that can't be his.

Ak-47 temible cuerno de chivo

1997

El vengador del 30-06 poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

El vengador del 30-06

1983

Las fabulosas del Reventón 2 poster
6.7

Mexican feature film

Las fabulosas del Reventón 2

1983

El regreso del carro rojo poster
6.7

Mexican feature film

El regreso del carro rojo

1984

En las garras de la ciudad poster
5.5

Owner of an auto repair shop deals with marital problems and neighborhood gangsters running stolen cars and contraband electronics.

En las garras de la ciudad

1982

Marcados Por El Destino poster
6.3

The film is a social drama that follows the characters' challenges as they try to make it in the city, only to find their dreams dashed.

Marcados Por El Destino

1984

Alerta, alta tension poster
5.5

After a criminal gang kidnaps a scientist with valuable information about nuclear weapons, an undercover agent named Jorge Rubio tries to infiltrate this gang in order to deal with the situation. The gang, however, quickly unmasks Rubio and uses both brainwashing and torture techniques on him. They also create a clone of Rubio, thus setting up a show-down battle between the two look-alikes.

Alerta, alta tension

1969

Contrabando de esmeraldas III poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Contrabando de esmeraldas III

1997

Al filo de la muerte poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Al filo de la muerte

2008

Solo para damas poster
6.3

A group of women visit a nightclub. They are all attracted to him main dancer and try to win him over without the others knowing. Him taking advantage the situation, create a plan to manipulate them.

Solo para damas

1981

The Deadly Arm poster
6.3

A young man receives a dead serial killer's arm during a transplant and then becomes prime suspect when murders start anew.

The Deadly Arm

1996

El vagón de la muerte poster
6.0

Mexican feature film

El vagón de la muerte

1987

El vagón de la muerte poster
6.0

Mexican feature film

El vagón de la muerte

1987

Entre Hierba, Polvo y Plomo poster
5.0

A Young boy takes after his father as a drug lord and rises to power ultimately resulting in a tragic feud between the two.

Entre Hierba, Polvo y Plomo

1984

Estoy sentenciado a muerte poster
6.0

When his father dies, a Colombin child decides to go to Mexico to find his grandfather. And become a ranchera singer.

Estoy sentenciado a muerte

1983

Luces de Nueva York poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Luces de Nueva York

2001

Tempestad poster
5.7

The emotional journeys of two women victimized by corruption and injustice in Mexico and of the love, dignity and resistance that allowed them to survive.

Tempestad

1978

El charro Juárez poster
5.0

Mexican Revolution-era General and his second in command have a falling-out over women.

El charro Juárez

2007

Yo Soy El Gallo! poster
5.7

The story of a small town, young, humble, and likeable man, who wants to be a singer, but his family opposes. Inspired on José Miguel Class' life.

Yo Soy El Gallo!

1971

The Revenge of the Wheelchair poster
5.4

A man confined to a wheelchair must stop a vicious serial killer.

The Revenge of the Wheelchair

1993

Los aboneros del amor poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Los aboneros del amor

1990