Alfredo Ripstein Jr.
Personal information
- Known for
- Production
- Known credits
- 55
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- December 10, 1916
- Died
- January 20, 2007
- Place of birth
- Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, México
- Also known as
- Alfredo Ripstein Jr. Alfredo RipsteinAlfred RipsteinAlfredo Ripstein hijo
Biography
Alfredo Ripstein (Alfredo Ripstein Aronovich) (December 10, 1916, Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico — January 20, 2007, Mexico City) was a Mexican film producer of European-Jewish descent. He is credited with helping shape Mexico's film industry in the period surrounding World War II. Ripstein also helped start the careers of several contemporary Mexican actors such as Gael García Bernal and Salma Hayek.
