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Adolfo Torres Portillo

Adolfo Torres Portillo

1920-12-19

Mexico, D.F., Mexico

WRITING

Biography

Adolfo Torres Portillo was born on 29 December 1920 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico. He was a writer and producer, known for Santa Claus (1959), Coyote and Bronca (1980), and El Diablo, el santo y el tonto (1987). He died on 12 June 1996 in Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico.

Best known for:

Santa Claus

The Earrings

Coyote and Bronca

Entre monjas anda el Diablo

El diablo, el santo y el tonto

The White Horse

Mexico 2000

Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb vs. the Monsters

Nosotros los pelados

The Crying Woman

Los 3 reyes magos

Hellish Spiders

The Vampire Girls

Doña Perfecta

Santo vs. the Head Hunters

El principio

Vanilla, Bronze and to Die

El cuerpazo del delito

Son of the Town

Ya nunca más

Los canallas

Una pura y dos con sal

The Marked Woman

De sangre chicana

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Filmography:

Doña Perfecta (1951)
WORK AS:
Production Manager
Tom Thumb (1957)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The Marked Woman (1957)
WORK AS:
Story
Vanilla, Bronze and to Die (1957)
WORK AS:
Writer
El dinamitero (1958)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
With my finger on the trigger (1958)
WORK AS:
Writer
Santa Claus (1959)
5.6
WORK AS:
Writer
The Crying Woman (1960)
WORK AS:
Writer

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Dos gallos en palenque (1960)
WORK AS:
Writer
Me importa poco (1960)
WORK AS:
Story
Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb vs. the Monsters (1962)
WORK AS:
Story, Adaptation, Writer
The White Horse (1962)
WORK AS:
Story, Screenplay
Alazán y enamorado (1966)
WORK AS:
Writer
Hellish Spiders (1968)
WORK AS:
Writer
Los canallas (1968)
WORK AS:
Idea
The Vampire Girls (1969)
WORK AS:
Screenplay

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El cuerpazo del delito (1970)
WORK AS:
Writer
The Young Animals (1970)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
La Hermanita Dinamita (1970)
WORK AS:
Story, Screenplay
Santo vs. the Head Hunters (1971)
WORK AS:
Writer
A Secretary's Intimacies (1971)
WORK AS:
Writer, Producer
El principio (1973)
APPEREAD AS:
Papá Juan
Entre monjas anda el Diablo (1973)
6.7
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Writer
De sangre chicana (1974)
WORK AS:
Writer
Son of the Town (1974)
WORK AS:
Story
La loca de los milagros (1975)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Yo Amo, Tu Amas, Nosotros... (1975)
WORK AS:
Adaptation, Story
Los 3 reyes magos (1976)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
The Earrings (1978)
6.5
WORK AS:
Writer
Rigo is Love (1980)
WORK AS:
Story, Screenplay
Coyote and Bronca (1980)
5.8
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Lagunilla, mi barrio (1981)
WORK AS:
Writer
El héroe desconocido (1981)
WORK AS:
Adaptation
Lagunilla 2 (1982)
WORK AS:
Story, Screenplay
Mexico 2000 (1983)
WORK AS:
Writer
Una pura y dos con sal (1983)
WORK AS:
Script
Nosotros los pelados (1984)
WORK AS:
Story, Adaptation
Ya nunca más (1984)
WORK AS:
Adaptation
Sinverguenza pero honrado (1985)
WORK AS:
Writer
El rey de la vecindad (1985)
WORK AS:
Writer
El diablo, el santo y el tonto (1987)
WORK AS:
Story, Screenplay
Entre compadres te veas (1989)
WORK AS:
Screenplay