Zacarías Gómez Urquiza was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and assistant director whose career spanned more than three decades during the Golden Age and later years of Mexican cinema. After beginning as a script supervisor and assistant director in the early 1940s, he made his directorial debut in 1950 and went on to direct 40 films across a wide range of genres, including crime, melodrama, westerns, and adventure.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 5, 1905
- September 10, 1982 (aged 76)
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Director and writer
- 8 on Motif · 65 credits in all
What are Zacarías Gómez Urquiza's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Zacarías Gómez Urquiza's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 8 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Zacarías Gómez Urquiza's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted.
Filmography
65 credits, 8 with a Motif page.
Wild Wind (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1974)
Cumbia (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1973)
Bajo el Ardiente Sol (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1971)
El tesoro de Morgan (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1971)
Un Ángel de la Calle (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1967)
El comandante Furia (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1966)
El hijo del diablo (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1966)
Falsificadores y Asesinos (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1966)
Cargando con el muerto (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1965)
Mi ley es un revólver (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1965)
El último cartucho (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1965)
El rescate (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1965)
El halcón solitario (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1964)
Un Gallo con Espolones (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1964)
El terror de la frontera (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1963)
Tesoro de mentiras (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1963)
The Avenging Fox (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1962)
Contra viento y marea (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1962)
The Deadly Trap (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1962)
The Revenge of the Shadow (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1962)
Thursday night (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1962)
En busca de la muerte (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1961)
El correo del norte (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1960)
The Mask of Death (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1960)
El misterio de la cobra (Carlos Lacroix en la India) (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1960)
Siguiendo pistas (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1960)
Quietos todos (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1959)
Las aventuras de Carlos Lacroix (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1959)
Un vago sin oficio (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1958)
El pecado de ser mujer(1955)
Motif score: 49th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
El plagiario (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1955)
Yo fui novio de Rosita Alvírez (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1955)
El monstruo en la sombra (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1955)
Kid Tabaco (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1955)
Me perderé contigo (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1954)
El misterio del carro express (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1953)
El mensaje de la muerte (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1953)
Legítima defensa (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1953)
Misericordia(1953)
Motif score: 68th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Sueños de gloria(1953)
Motif score: 37th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
El derecho de nacer (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1952)
Those Green Eyes (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1952)
Nosotras las sirvientas (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1951)
El tigre enmascarado (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1951)
El grito de la carne (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1951)
Flor de sangre (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1951)
El sol sale para todos (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1950)
Cuide a su marido (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1950)
Rondalla(1949)
A Family Like Many Others (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1949)
El gallo giro (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1948)
The Fugitive(1947)
Motif score: 58th percentile of all films
Enamorada(1946)
Motif score: 94th percentile of all films
Yo fui una usurpadora (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1946)
El puente del castigo (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1946)
Sol y sombra (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1946)
Bugambilia (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1945)
La pícara Susana (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1945)
México de mis recuerdos (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1944)
Adiós juventud (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1943)
No matarás (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1943)
Qué hombre tan simpático (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1943)
El barbero prodigioso(1942)
Motif score: 35th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
When the Children are Gone (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1941)
Al son de la marimba(1941)
Motif score: 91st percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 65 titles from 1940 to 1974.
How do Zacarías Gómez Urquiza's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 58th percentile, the median of the 7 of 8 with a score; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 39th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th3
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 7 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed4
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Zacarías Gómez Urquiza work with?
People who share at least 2 of Zacarías Gómez Urquiza's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alberto Mariscal shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Alberto MariscalShared titles: Misericordia (1953), Sueños de gloria (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Alberto Mariscal
- Beatriz SaavedraShared titles: Misericordia (1953), Sueños de gloria (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Beatriz Saavedra
- José BavieraShared titles: Misericordia (1953), Sueños de gloria (1953)See all 2 shared titles with José Baviera
Cinematographers and editors
- Manuel Gómez UrquizaShared titles: El pecado de ser mujer (1955), Misericordia (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Manuel Gómez Urquiza
- Carlos SavageShared titles: Misericordia (1953), Sueños de gloria (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Carlos Savage