# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emilio-fernandez
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:59:56.868Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emilio-fernandez"
name: "Emilio Fernández"
slug: "emilio-fernandez"
description: "Emilio Fernández Romo, nicknamed \"El Indio\", was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and actor. He was one of the most prolific and acclaimed film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and '50s. His film María Candelaria (1944) won the Palme d'Or at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival, the first Mexican film to receive the honor. As an actor, he worked in numerous film productions in both Mexico and in Hollywood."
tagline: "Mexican film director and actor (1904-1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marilyn%2C_Emilio_1962.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "MX"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1904-03-26"
deathDate: "1986-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.1417542083280597
  historical:           21.95513466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0273477"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump