Julián Soler

Julián Díaz Pavia (17 February 1907 – 5 May 1977), better known by the stage name Julián Soler, was a Mexican film director, actor, and screenwriter of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. In his career spanning half a century, Soler received two Ariel Award nominations.

Julián Soler
Born	Julián Díaz Pavia (1907-02-17)17 February 1907 Ciudad Jiménez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Died	5 May 1977(1977-05-05) (aged 70) Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation(s)	Film director actor screenwriter
Years active	1928–1977

Early life

Julián Soler was born in Ciudad Jiménez, Chihuahua, as Julián Díaz Pavía on 17 February 1907 to Domingo Díaz García and Irene Pavía Soler. He was the elder brother of Mercedes Soler and the younger brother of Fernando Soler, Andrés Soler, and Domingo Soler. His family is known as the Soler Dynasty.^[1]

Selected filmography

Actor

• Cruz Diablo (1934)
• Por mis pistolas (1938)
• The Coward (1939)
• Father's Entanglements (1939)
• The Whip (1939)
• Simón Bolívar (1942)
• Doña Bárbara (1943)
• Michael Strogoff (1944)
• The Two Orphans (1944)
• Amok (1945)
• He Who Died of Love (1945)
• Ecija's Seven Children (1947)
• The Secret of Juan Palomo (1947)
• Rostros olvidados (1952)

Director

• Aunt Candela (1948)
• A Galician in Mexico (1949)
• Orange Blossom for Your Wedding (1950)
• La miel se fue de la luna (1951)
• A Gringo Girl in Mexico (1951)
• The Three Happy Compadres (1952)
• Platillos Voladores
• A media luz los tres (1958)
• The Castle of the Monsters (1958)
• The Miracle Roses (1960)
• My Mother Is Guilty (1960)
• If I Were a Millionaire (1962)
• Casa de Mujeres (1966)
• El Jibarito Rafael (1969)