
María Novaro
Directing
Born: 1951-09-11 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Biography
María Luisa Novaro Peñaloza (September 11, 1951, in Mexico City), better known as María Novaro, is a Mexican film director. She was among the first generation of female filmmakers to graduate from a film school in Mexico. She has made five feature films and fourteen short films. Within the Mexican film industry, she has been a cinematographer, sound mixer, director, screenwriter and editor. Today, Novaro is one of the best known Mexican filmmakers to come out of the New Mexican Cinema and her fi
🎬 Movies (18)

Rebelled
2023
Self

Drawings Against Bullets
2019
Thanks

Tesoros
2017
Director

Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses
2016
Self

Lopez Street
2013
Thanks

The Good Herbs
2010
Director

Juarez: The City Where Women Are Disposable
2007
Self

Burn the Bridges
2007
Producer

Without a Trace
2001
Director

Entangling Shadows
1998
Director

The Garden of Eden
1994
Director

Autumn
1993
Director

Danzón
1991
Director

My Filmmaking, My Life: Matilde Landeta
1990

Lola
1989
Director

Tales of the City
1988
Director

Azul Celeste
1987
Director
An Island Surrounded by Water
1986
Director