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Estudios Churubusco Azteca

Estudios Churubusco is one of the oldest and largest movie studios in Mexico. It is located in the Churubusco neighborhood of Mexico City.

History

It was inaugurated in 1945 after a 1943 agreement between RKO and Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta (of Televisa). In 1950, it was acquired by the government of Mexico and merged with Estudios y Laboratorios Azteca to form Estudios Churubusco Azteca. Since 1958 it has been controlled by the government of Mexico. Of the four motion picture studios during the golden age of Mexican cinema—the others were Estudios America, Estudios San Angel and Estudios Tepeyac—it and Televisa San Angel (the former Estudios San Angel) are still in operation.

It is estimated that 95% of the films produced in Mexico since 2000 have used many of the services the studio provides. Among the films shot at the Estudios Churubusco were the James Bond film Licence to Kill (1988), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), Total Recall (1990), Amores perros (2000), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Frida (2002).

In 2017, Estudios Churubusco celebrated its 72nd anniversary by opening the facility to the public for the first time so they could learn more about the studios and its many film achievements.

Selected films

Year filmed Film Director Note
1945 La morena de mi copla Fernando A Rivero
1945 La perla Emilio Fernández With Pedro Armendáriz
1945 Pervertida José Díaz Morales
1946 El ahijado de la muerte Norman Foster
1946 The Fugitive John Ford With Henry Fonda & Dolores del Río
1946 Hay muertos que no hacen ruido Humberto Gómez Landero
1946 La insaciable Juan J. Ortega
1946 La mujer de todos Julio Bracho
1946 No te cases con mi mujer Fernando Cortes
1946 La otra Roberto Gavaldón
1946 Si me han de matar mañana Miguel Zacarías
1947 Fly Away, Young Man! Miguel M. Delgado
1947 Adventures of Casanova Roberto Gavaldon
1947 La diosa arrodillada Roberto Gavaldon
1947 Mystery in Mexico Robert Wise
1948 Allá en el rancho grande Fernando de Fuentes
1948 Maclovia Emilio Fernández
1948 Tarzan and the Mermaids Robert Florey
1948 Si Adelita se fuera con otro Chano Urueta
1949 Puerta….joven Miguel M. Delgado With Cantinflas
1950 El bombero atómico Miguel M. Delgado
1950 Doña perfecta Alejandro Galindo With Dolores del Río
1951 Baile, mi rey Roberto Rodríguez
1951 El derecho de nacer Zacarías Gómez Urquiza
1951 Mama nos quita los novios Roberto Rodríguez
1951 Mátenme porque me muero Ismael Rodríguez
1951 Que te ha dado esa mujer Ismael Rodríguez
1951 A.T.M A Toda Maquina Ismael Rodriguez
1952 El bello durmiente Gilberto Martínez Solares
1952 Dos tipos de cuidado Ismael Rodríguez
1952 Pepe el Toro Ismael Rodríguez With Pedro Infante
1952 Por ellas aunque mal paguen Juan Bustillo Oro
1953 Las cariñosas Fernando Cortes
1956 Corazón salvaje Juan José Ortega
1956 A Woman's Devotion Paul Henreid
1956 El bolero de Raquel Miguel M. Delgado With Cantinflas
1956 The Brave One Irving Harper
1956 Cielito lindo Miguel M. Delgado
1958 Ay... Calypso no te rajes! Jaime Salvador
1960 Amorcito corazón Rogelio A. González
1960 El analfabeto Miguel M. Delgado
1962 El ángel exterminador Luis Buñuel
1967 El agente 00-sexy Fernando Cortes
1968 Corazón salvaje Tito Davison
1968 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid George Roy Hill With Paul Newman & Robert Redford
1968 Cuando los hijos se van Julián Soler
1968 Robinson Crusoe René Cardona Jr.
1969 Soldier Blue Ralph Nelson
1971 The Assassination of Trotsky Joseph Losey
1971 Big Jake Georges Sherman
1971 Boulevard Du Rhum Robert Enrico
1971 Buck and the Preacher Sidney Poitier
1972 El castillo de la pureza Arturo Ripstein
1972 Slaughter Jack Starrett
1973 Shootout in a One-Dog Town Burt Kennedy
1973 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Sam Peckinpah
1973 Calzonzin inspector Alfonso Arau
1974 Antonio and the Mayor Jerry Torpe
1974 Bellas de noche Miguel M. Delgado
1975 El apando Felipe Cazals
1975 The Devil's Rain Robert Fuest
1977 Bloody Marlene Alberto Mariscal
1978 Las cariñosas Rafael Portillo
1978 The Eagle's Wing Anthony Harvey
1979 Cacciatore di squali Enzo G. Castellari
1979 Le Scarabee d’Or Maurice Ronet
1980 Campeche: Un estado de ánimo Luis Mandoki
1981 El barrendero Miguel M. Delgado With Cantinflas
1981 Caveman Carl Gottlieb
1981 Chanfle II Chespirito
1981 La Chevre Francis Veber
1982 Amityville II: The Possession Damiano Damiani
1982 Sorceress Jack Hill
1982 The Honorary Consul John Mackenzie
1983 Under the Volcano John Huston
1983 Choices of the Heart Joseph D Sargent
1984 Romancing the Stone Robert Zemeckis With Michael Douglas & Kathleen Turner
1984 Conan the Destroyer Richard Fleischer With Arnold Schwarzenegger
1984 Dune David Lynch
1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II Georges P. Cosmatos With Sylvester Stallone
1986 Chiquita pero picosa Juan Pastor With Verónica Castro
1988 Licence to Kill John Glen 16th James Bond film
1989 Total Recall Paul Verhoeven with Arnold Schwarzenegger
1989 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Joe Johnston with Rick Moranis
1989 La tarea Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
1990 Cabeza de Vaca Nicolás Echeverría
1990 Ciudad de ciegos Alberto Cortes
1990 Danzón María Novaro
1990 La mujer de benjamín Carlos Carrera
1990 Sólo con tu pareja Alfonso Cuarón
1991 El bulto Gabriel Retes
1991 Como agua para chocolate Alfonso Arau
1991 La invención de Cronos Guillermo del Toro
1991 Miroslava Alejandro Pelayo
1991 Modelo antiguo Raúl Araiza With Silvia Pinal
1992 Break of Dawn Isaac Artenstein
1993 Bienvenido /welcome Gabriel Retes
1993 Hasta morir Fernando Saldaña
1995 Avalon Lorenzo Hagerman
1995 Cilantro y perejil Rafael Montero
1995 De tripas corazón Antonio Urrutia
1996 100 años de cine mexicano Carlos Carrera
1996 Romeo + Juliet Baz Luhrmann With Leonardo DiCaprio
1996 Santitos Alejandro Springall
1997 De noche vienes, Esmeralda Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
1998 Bajo California, el limite del tiempo Carlos Bolado
1998 Sexo, pudor y lágrimas Antonio Serrano Box-office record
1998 The Mask of Zorro Martin Campbell With Antonio Banderas
1999 Amores perros Alejandro González Iñárritu Best Foreign Film Oscar nomination
1999 El coronel no tiene quien le escriba Arturo Ripstein
1999 Crónica de un desayuno Benjamín Cann
1999 La ley de Herodes Luis Estrada
1999 Todo el poder Fernando Sariñana
2000 Atlético San Pancho Gustavo Loza
2000 De la calle Gerardo Tort
2000 Demasiado amor Ernesto Rimoch
2000 Fidel David Atwood
2000 Japón Carlos Reygadas
2000 Perfume de violetas Maryse Sistach
2000 Original Sin Michael Cristofer With Antonio Banderas & Angelina Jolie
2001 Asesino en serio Antonio Urrutia
2001 Frida Julie Taymor With Salma Hayek
2001 La habitación azul Walter Doehner
2001 El tigre de Santa Julia Alejandro Gamboa
2001 Un secreto de Esperanza Leopoldo Laborde
2001 Sin ton ni Sonia Carlos Sama
2001 Vivir mata Nicolás Echeverría
2002 Amar te duele Fernando Sariñana
2002 El crimen del Padre Amaro Carlos Carrera Best Foreign Film Oscar nomination
2002 La hija del caníbal Antonio Serrano
2003 Ladies Night Gabriela Tagliavini
2003 Nicotina Hugo Rodríguez With Diego Luna
2003 Sobreviviente Paul Michael
2004 The Matador Richard Shepard With Pierce Brosnan
2004 The Librarian: Quest for the Spear With Noah Wyle
2004 Bandidas Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg With Salma Hayek and Penélope Cruz
2004 Man on Fire Tony Scott With Denzel Washington
2006 Resident Evil: Extinction Russell Mulcahy With Milla Jovovich
2022 Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths Alejandro González Iñárritu With Daniel Gimenez Cacho

References

  1. ^ Government of Mexico, Anuncian La Exposicion La Fabrica de Cine Estudios Churubusco, 1945-2017, https://www.gob.mx/cultura/prensa/anuncian-la-exposicion-la-fabrica-de-cine-estudios-churubusco-1945-2017

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