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Mexican film director (1942–2020)
Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
Born (1942-01-22 ) 22 January 1942Died 13 January 2020(2020-01-13) (aged 77) Occupation(s) Film director, screenwriter, university professor Years active 1965-present
Jaime Humberto Hermosillo Delgado (22 January 1942 – 13 January 2020) was a Mexican film director , often compared to Spain's Pedro Almodóvar .
Born in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes , in central Mexico , Hermosillo's films often explore the hypocrisy of middle-class Mexican values.
He worked with Gabriel García Márquez on Mary My Dearest (1979) and The Summer of Miss Forbes (1988). His film Homework (1991) was entered into the 17th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Mention.[ 1]
At the time of his death Hermosillo was teaching film-making at the University of Guadalajara and had recently collaborated with his students on several projects.
On 13 January 2020, Hermosillo died at the age of 77.[ 2]
Filmography
Year
Title
Director
Writer
Editor
Notes
2018
Crimen por Omisión
2017
Un buen sabor de boca
2015
InFielicidad
2010
Juventud
2005
Amor
Rencor
Dos Auroras
2004
El mal logrado amor de Sebastián
Based on part of the novel Agapi Mu by Luis González de Alba
El misterio de los almendros
2003
El Edén
Yes
Yes
2002
eXXXorcismos
Yes
Yes
2000
Escrito en el cuerpo de la noche
La calle de las novias
Yes
Telenovela
1997
De noche vienes, Esmeralda
Yes
Yes
Yes
1996
Danske Piger Viser Alt
Yes
Episode:"Why Don't We?"; Coproduced with Denmark and Canada
1993
Encuentro inesperado
Yes
Yes
1992
La tarea prohibida
Yes
Yes
1991
La tarea
Yes
Yes
Yes
1989
El aprendiz de pornógrafo
Yes
Yes
Yes
Video editor
Intimidades de un cuarto de baño
Yes
Yes
Un momento de ira
Yes
Yes
Yes
1988
El verano de la señora Forbes
Yes
Yes
Medium-length film in coproduction with Cuba and Spain
1987
Clandestino destino
Yes
Yes
1984
Doña Herlinda y su hijo
Yes
Yes
Yes
1983
El corazón de la noche
Yes
Yes
Las apariencias engañan
Yes
Yes
1982
Confidencias
Yes
Yes
1979
María de mi corazón [es ]
Yes
Yes
1978
Amor libre (película de 1978) [es ]
Yes
Yes
Idilio
Yes
Yes
1977
Naufragio [es ]
Yes
Yes
1976
Matinée (película) [es ]
Yes
Yes
1975
Antes del desayuno
Yes
Yes
Unfinished short film
La pasión según Berenice [es ]
Yes
Yes
1974
El cumpleaños del perro [es ]
Yes
Yes
1972
El señor de Osanto
Yes
Yes
1971
La verdadera vocación de Magdalena [es ]
Yes
Yes
1969
Los nuestros
Yes
Yes
Medium-length film
S. S. Glencairn
Yes
Yes
Short film
1965
Homesick
Yes
Yes
Short film
Awards and nominations
Medalla Salvador Toscano al Mérito Cinematográfico, 2012[ 3]
Ariel Awards, Mexico
Year
Category
Work
Result
2003[ 4]
Best Direction
eXXXorcisms
Nominated
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Nominated
2001
Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Source
Escrito en el cuerpo de la noche
Nominated
1998
Best Direction
Esmeralda Comes by Night
Nominated
Best Screenplay
Esmeralda Comes by Night
Nominated
1985
Best Screenplay
Dona Herlinda and Her Son
Nominated
1984
Best Screenplay
Las apariencias engañan
Won
Best Screenplay
El corazón de la noche
Nominated
1979
Best Direction
Amor libre
Nominated
1978
Best Picture
Naufragio
Won
Best Direction
Won
Best Screenplay
Won
1977
Best Picture
The Passion of Berenice
Won
Best Direction
Won
Best Original Story
Nominated
Best Screenplay
Nominated
Ajijic International Film Festival
Year
Award
Result
2001
Tribute Award
Won
Havana Film Festival
Year
Award
Title
Result
1992
Grand Coral - First Prize - Documentary
La tarea prohibida
Won
References
External links
International National People Other