Emilio Fernández
Gender: Male
Born: 26th March 1904
Died: 6th August 1986
Nationality: Mexico
Movies: Bugambilia, Coleccion Pedro Infante: Las Islas Marias, Enamorada, Erotica, Flor Silvestre, La Choca, La Malquerida, La perla, Maclovia, Maria Candelaria, Paloma herida, Pueblerina, Reportaje, Rosanna, Río Escondido, Salon Mexico, Siempre tuya, The Abandoned, The Fugitive, The Torch, Un día de vida, Una cita de amor, Vìctimas del Pecado, Zona Roja
Emilio "El Indio" Fernández (born Emilio Fernández Romo, Spanish pronunciation: [eˈmiljo feɾˈnandeð ˈromo]; March 26, 1904 – August 6, 1986) was an actor, screenwriter and director of the cinema of Mexico. He is best known for his work as director of the film Maria Candelaria which won the Grand Prix at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.
A close friend of Dolores del Río, who was married to Cedric Gibbons, designer of the original Academy Award, Fernández was the model who posed for the naked knight holding a sword now known worldwide as "Oscar".
Fernández was born in Mineral del Hondo, Coahuila. His father, Fernando Garza, was a military man, and after 1910, a revolutionary while his mother was a Kickapoo Indian, a tribe that inhabited the region of Sabinas, hence the "Indio" nickname. El "Indio" dropped out of school to serve in the revolutionary uprising led by Adolfo de la Huerta.
President of Mexico Álvaro Obregón sent Huerta into exile (in Los Angeles, California) and Fernández received a 20-year prison sentence but escaped prison using dynamite and followed Huerta to the United States. Huerta worked as a music teacher and Fernández as an extra in Hollywood in the 1920s and
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