Isaac, Alberto

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Name
Isaac, Alberto Gender: M
Alberto Isaac Ahumada
born on 18 March 1923 at 09:00 (= 09:00 AM )
Place Coyoacán, Mexico, 19n20, 99w10
Timezone MST h7w (is standard time)
Data source
BC/BR in hand
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_piscol.18.gif 27°02' s_mo.18.gif s_aricol.18.gif 09°20 Asc.s_taucol.18.gif 25°21'



Alberto Isaac
photo: Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara, license cc-by-2.0

Biography

Mexican film director and screenwriter, previously a swimmer, he competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics. He won a Bronze medal in the 3 x 100m medley at the 1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires.

In 1969, he directed the documentary film The Olympics in Mexico which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. In 1980 he was a member of the jury at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1987, he was a member of the jury at the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.

Alberto Isaac died on 9 January 1998 at age 74 in Mexico City.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

Source Notes

Sy Scholfield provided birth registry entry from Distrito Federal archives (no. 124).

Categories

  • Traits : Body : Size (Height: 1.85 m/ 6 ft 1 in)
  • Traits : Body : Weight (71 kg/ 157 lb)
  • Vocation : Entertain/Business : Director (Film)
  • Vocation : Sports : Swimming (Freestyle)
  • Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script (Screenwriter)
  • Notable : Awards : Medals (Bronze, Pan American Games)
  • Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession (Olympic competitor, swimming)