{{infobox director | name = Federico Curiel | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|2|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico | death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|6|17|1917|2|19|df=y}} | death_place = Cuernavaca, Mexico | alma_mater = University of Guadalajara | occupation = Actor, writer, director }}
'''Federico Curiel''' (19 February 1917 – 17 June 1985) was a Mexican filmmaker, writer and actor during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0192698/|title=Federico Curiel|website=IMDb|access-date=2020-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mubi.com/cast/federico-curiel|title=Federico Curiel|website=MUBI|language=en|access-date=2020-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/federico_curiel|title=Federico Curiel - Rotten Tomatoes|website=www.rottentomatoes.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-15}}</ref>
Curiel was born in Monterrey, Mexico, he moved to Guadalajara, Jalisco as a child and attended the University of Guadalajara.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Benshoff|first=Harry M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f1UzBAAAQBAJ&dq=federico+curiel+jewish&pg=PA468|title=A Companion to the Horror Film|date=2014-07-31|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-88349-5|language=en}}</ref>
==Selected filmography == * ''The Lone Wolf'' (1952) * ''The Justice of the Wolf'' (1952) * ''The Wolf Returns'' (1952) * ''The Curse of Nostradamus'' (1960) * ''The Blood of Nostradamus'' (1960) * ''Los autómatas de la muerte'' (1962) aka ''Neutron vs the Death Robots'' * ''Cazadores de cabezas'' (1962) aka ''Santo in The Headhunters'' * ''The Mummies of Guanajuato'' (1972)
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