1970Nominee
Best Picture
El Topo
Juan López Moctezuma
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Mexico City, Mexico
January 1, 1932
Biography
Juan López Moctezuma (1929 – August 2, 1995) was a Mexican film director and actor. He was born in Mexico City in 1929.[1] During his career he directed five films, all in the genres of Gothic horror and suspense: The Mansion of Madness (1972), Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1974), To Kill a Stranger (1983), El Alimento del Miedo (1994), and his most recognized and controversial work, Alucarda (1978), which tells the story of a satanic possession in a Catholic convent. In 1993 he was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Mexico City because of Alzheimer's disease. He died on August 2, 1995.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1986Nominee
Best Director
Welcome Maria
1977Nominee
Best Writing
Alucarda
Career Highlights
1972Highlight
Best Picture
Fando and Lis
1975Highlight
Best Director
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary