
Claudio Isaac (15 April 1957 – 27 November 2024) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He entered filmmaking as a child actor in Tiempo de morir and later worked in production at the Secretariat of Public Education’s film department, before assisting Arturo Ripstein on Foxtrot. He wrote and directed the autobiographical debut feature Crónica íntima, then concentrated on documentary and cultural television, including films on poets Jaime Sabines, Guadalupe Amor, and Octavio Paz. He wrote the first episode and directed episodes of the anthology series Hora Marcada, returned to fiction with El día que murió Pedro Infante, and later directed Sin Dios y sin Diablo, Jaime Sabines y sus lectores, alongside long-running documentary series such as Palabra empeñada and Santo y seña.
Sin Dios y sin Diablo, Jaime Sabines y sus Lectores 2018
Director
José Emilio Pacheco: me llamo Nadie 2009
Director, Writer
Polvora En La Piel 1992
Director
The Day Pedro Infante Died 1984
Actor, Director, Screenplay
The Language of Trees 1983
Director, Writer
Guadalupe Amor, un ensayo mitológico 1980
Director
Algo sobre Jaime Sabines 1980
Director, Writer
Crónica íntima 1979
Writer, Director
Mariana Mariana 1987
Post Production Supervisor
Deceitful Appearances 1983
as Director de la pelicula
The Nights of Paloma 1978
as Jardinero
The Devil's Visitations 1968
Actor
Time to Die 1966
as Claudio Sampedro
Credits from TMDB.