Alejandro Springall

Alejandro Springall (born 1966) is a Mexican film director and producer. His debut film Santitos (1999) launched his filmmaking career. His other feature films include My Mexican Shivah (2006), No eres tú, soy yo (2010), and Sonora (2018).

In 1966, Springall was born in Mexico. He studied at the London Film School and worked for the BBC and Channel 4. Upon returning to Mexico, he aided in the production of Cronos (1992) and Dollar mambo (1993). He made the Spanish subtitles to John Sayles's Men with Guns (1997) as well as played a minor acting role.[1] In 1996, he directed his first feature film, Santitos (1999), written by María Amparo Escandón and co-produced with Sayles. It won Special Recognition for Latin American Film at the Sundance Film Festival.[2][3]

In 2003, Springall produced and directed the grand concert of Chavela Vargas at Carnegie Hall, New York.[4]

In 2016, it was announced Springall would direct Sonora (2018), produced by Sayles and Bertha Navarro, that centered around 1920s migration across El Camino del Diablo and racism.[5] In 2021, he made his debut as a theatrical director with Sensualidad, a project at the London Film School based on Alberto Gout's 1951 film and which he collaborated with Mónica Dionne.[6]

Producer, co-producer and line producer filmography

References

  1. ^ Pérez Turrent, Tomás (18 November 1999). "Santos y esperanzas de Esperanza" [Saints and hopes of Hope]. Siempre!. Vol. 46, no. 2422. p. 72. ISSN 0583-2039. Gale A59449093.
  2. ^ Winters, Charles (23 January 1999). "Springall's 'Santitos' is a journey of despair". The Daily Herald. p. A2. ISSN 0891-2777.
  3. ^ Douglas, John (18 April 2003). "Quest for lost child actually a lovely adventure". The Grand Rapids Press. p. C5.
  4. ^ Marin, Nora (19 September 2003). "Acercaran a Chavela a los dioses" [They will bring Chavela closer to the gods]. Reforma. p. 1. ProQuest 307215737.
  5. ^ Fuente, Anna Marie de la (9 November 2016). "Alejandro Springall to Direct 'Sonora,' in Talks With China Film Group". Variety. ISSN 0042-2738.
  6. ^ López, Adolfo (21 August 2021). "Mónica Dionne acompaña a Springall en debut como director de teatro - El Sol de México" [Mónica Dionne accompanies Springall in his debut as theatrical director]. El Sol de México (in Mexican Spanish).
  7. ^ McDannell, Colleen (2008). Catholics in the Movies. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-530656-9.
  8. ^ Lesser, Jeff (21 January 2013). Immigration, Ethnicity, and National Identity in Brazil, 1808 to the Present. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-19362-7.
  9. ^ Smith, Paul Julian (27 January 2014). Mexican Screen Fiction: Between Cinema and Television. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-7456-8125-2.
  10. ^ Brault, Clément; Houeix, Romain (6 March 2024). Le Rio Grande et la frontière USA - Mexique mis en scènes (in French). Espaces et signes. ISBN 978-2-38206-012-4.
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