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Benito Alazraki (27 October 1921 – 6 June 2007) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter whose career spanned commercial features, documentary work, and genre cinema.
He founded Panamerican Films, produced and co-wrote the script for Enamorada (directed by Emilio Fernández), and made a cycle of indigenist documentaries for Teleproducciones led by producer Manuel Barbachano Ponce.
His feature debut, Raíces—an episodic adaptation of El diosero by Francisco Rojas González—received the International Critics’ Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and later a special honor from the Ariel Awards.
11 credits across 3 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Mundo mágico | Producer | Film |
| 1981 | The Ghost of the Lake | Director | Film |
| 1962 | Frankenstein, the Vampire and Company | Director | Film |
| 1962 | Santo vs. the Zombies | Director | Film |
| 1962 | Spiritism | Director | Film |
| 1961 | The Curse of the Doll People | Director | Film |
| 1960 | Póker de reinas | Director | Film |
| 1954 | Roots | Director | Film |
| 1954 | Roots | Writer | Film |
| 1946 | Enamorada | Writer | Film |
| 1946 | Enamorada | Producer | Film |
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