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Emilio Fernández

Emilio Fernández

Mexican film director and screenwriterWikipedia

Search complete. 4 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Emilio Fernández".

Sep 18, 2026

Josh BellHOST
14:06
As I think we talked about in that Crisis episode, he started as a writer and then got his chance to direct.
Josh BellHOST
14:12
The rest of the winners include Leopold Lindbergh's The Last Chance, Emilio Fernandez's Maria Candelaria, Frentisek Capp's Men Without Wings, Chetan Anand's Nietzsche Nagar, Boldel Ibsen and Lau Lauritsen Jr.'s Red Meadows, Jean Delannoy's Pastoral Symphony, and Frederick Ermler's The Turning Point.
Josh BellHOST
14:37
Don't ask me what any of those movies are.
Jason HarrisHOST
14:39
Yeah, what the heck? The ones that jumped out at me, Make Mine Music was in here, which we did cover.
Armando HernándezHOST
11:43
Yeah.
Joey DiazHOST
11:43
Um, also has, uh, uh, Jaime Fernandez, who's bro... uh, a brother to El Indio Fernandez.
Armando HernándezHOST
11:50
Mm-hmm.
Joey DiazHOST
11:51
Um, who plays Senor de la Frontera, who's, like, the, the fucking, the m- the mob boss or the, the, the leader of the cartel, if you will.
ChenryHOST
5:59
Don Julian Santana Barrera began to collect dolls and hang them around a small island.
ChenryHOST
6:04
The island gained notoriety in 43 when Mexican director Emilio, so this is probably earlier than the mid, mid, early, yeah, the late 30s, early 40s, obviously.
ChenryHOST
6:14
Mexican director Emilio Fernandez used it as a location of the film Maria Candelaria.
ChenryHOST
6:19
After Barrera's death in 01, his family opened the island to the public for a tourist attraction.
ChenryHOST
6:24
So the legend is, Barrera is said to have either come across the body of a girl floating in the canals or failed to save her from drowning.

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