Biography

Miguel Morayta was born on August 15, 1907 in Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. He was a director and writer, known for El mártir del Calvario (1952), Vagabunda (1950) and La mujer marcada (1957). He died on June 19, 2013 in Mexico City, Mexico.

He was a Spanish film director and screenwriter.

After Francisco Franco's victory, he left Spain for France and Africa, finally arriving in Mexico in 1941, where he started his career.

He has spent the last six decades in Mexico when he died aged 105.

Miguel Morayta (Villahermosa, 1907) was one of the greatest exponents of the golden age of Spanish-American cinema.

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Morayta was a Spanish artillery officer, who joined the Republican side.