Manuel Barbachano Ponce was a Mexican film producer, director, screenwriter, novelist and Mayan art collector.

A great-grandson of Miguel Barbachano

Miguel Barbachano

Miguel Barbachano y Tarrazo was a liberal Yucatecan politician, who was 5 times governor of Yucatán between 1841 and 1853....

 y Tarraso, a five-time governor of Yucatán

Yucatán

Yucatán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 106 municipalities and its capital city is Mérida....

, he was born in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. The Manuel Barbachano Collection, is the biggest private collection of Mayan art.

Producer

• Tequila (1992)
• Clandestino destino (1987), a.k.a. 1999
• Frida, naturaleza viva (1986), a.k.a. Frida (USA)
• Deveras me atrapaste (1985)
• Doña Herlinda y su hijo (1985), a.k.a. Dona Herlinda and Her Son (USA)
• Confidencias (1982), a.k.a. Secrets (USA)
• María de mi corazón (1979), a.k.a. Mary My Dearest
• Amor, amor, amor (1965)
• Las Dos Elenas (1965)
• La Sunamita (1965)
• Lola de mi vida (1965)
• Un Alma pura (1965)
• Tajimara (1965)
• La Viuda (1965)
• El Gallo de oro (1964)
• Sonatas (1959), a.k.a. Las Aventuras del marqués de Bradomin
• Nazarín (1959), a.k.a. Nazarin (USA)
• Café Colón (1959)
• Los Clarines del miedo (1958), a.k.a Bugles of Fear
• Chistelandia (1958)
• Nueva Chistelandia (1958)
• Vuelve Chistelandia (1958)
• Torero! (1956), a.k.a. Bullfighter: The New York Times called this film, a documentary about the bullfighter Luis Procuna, "the best yet for closeup, realism, and an impression of how it feels 'to fight the bulls' ... the crowds, the sweat, the terror, the bull, the ferocious bravery, and the blood'" and an "extraordinary job of picture-making". The film won a special citation at the Venice Film Festival in 1956. (Bosley Crowther, "The Screen: 'Torero!'", The New York Times, 22 May 1957, p. 29.)
• Raíces
  Roots (film)
  Roots is a 1955 Mexican drama film directed by Benito Alazraki. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Juan de la Cruz - Esteban * Juan Cano - Don Remigio...
  
   (1955), a.k.a Roots (USA)

Screenwriter

Se está volviendo gobierno (1915–1919) (1992)

Pedro Páramo

Pedro Páramo (1967 film)

Pedro Páramo is a 1967 Mexican drama film directed by Carlos Velo. It was entered into the 1967 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on the short novel of the same name.-Cast:* John Gavin - Pedro Páramo* Ignacio López Tarso - Fulgor Sedano...

(1967)

Raíces (1955), a.k.a. Roots (USA)

Director

Chistelandia (1958)

Nueva Chistelandia' (1958)

Vuelve Chistelandia (1958)