José Miguel García Ascott

Born in Tunisia in 1927, he emigrated to Mexico with his family in 1939. He studied Philosophy at the UNAM, founded various film societies and wrote for the magazines Cine Verdad, Nuevo Cine, Plural and Vuelta, among others. He also published poems, novels and essays, and directed the short film Remedios Varo (1967) and the feature El viaje (1977). He died in 1986 in Mexico City.