María Novaro
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 11, 1951
- Birthplace
- Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
María Luisa Novaro Peñaloza (September 11, 1951, in Mexico City), better known as María Novaro, is a Mexican film director. She was among the first generation of female filmmakers to graduate from a film school in Mexico. She has made five feature films and fourteen short films. Within the Mexican film industry, she has been a cinematographer, sound mixer, director, screenwriter and editor. Today, Novaro is one of the best known Mexican filmmakers to come out of the New Mexican Cinema and her films express Millian's idea of cinema in feminine.
Filmography

Rebelled 2023
as Self

Drawings Against Bullets 2019
Thanks

Tesoros 2017
Producer, Editor, Writer, Director

Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses 2016
as Self

Lopez Street 2013
Thanks

The Good Herbs 2010
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor

Burn the Bridges 2007
Producer

Juarez: The City Where Women Are Disposable 2007
as Self

Without a Trace 2001
Writer, Director

Entangling Shadows 1998
Director

The Garden of Eden 1994
Editor, Screenplay, Director

Autumn 1993
Director

Danzón 1991
Writer, Director, Editor

My Filmmaking, My Life: Matilde Landeta 1990
Actor

Lola 1989
Director, Writer

Tales of the City 1988
Director, Writer

Azul Celeste 1987
Director
- An Island Surrounded by Water
An Island Surrounded by Water 1986
Writer, Director, Producer
Credits from TMDB.