Francisco Day(1907-1995)

Francisco "Chico" Day, brother of actor Gilbert Roland, was the first Mexican-American to become a member of the Directors Guild of America, and was honored as such in 1995 by the DGA Latino Committee. Being bilingual, he was often the First Assistant Director or Production Manager of choice for big Hollywood studio films shooting on location in Mexico, such as One-Eyed Jacks (1961) and Major Dundee (1965), but also worked on many other major productions outside of Mexico, for directors such as Cecil B. DeMille and John Frankenheimer. Shortly after his retirement, he was awarded the DGA's Frank Capra award in 1981, in recognition of his career achievement in the Industry and service to the Directors Guild of America.