Ismael RodrÃÂguez (October 19, 1917 – August 7, 2004) was a Mexican film director.
RodrÃÂguez rose to fame due to the movies he directed starring Pedro Infante, and directed many major stars, including Dolores del RÃÂo, MarÃÂa Félix, Toshiro Mifune, Jorge Negrete, Sara GarcÃÂa, Luis Aguilar, Tito GuÃÂzar, Gloria MarÃÂn, Carmelita González, Antonio Aguilar, Columba DomÃÂnguez and Flor Silvestre. He directed the film ÃÂnimas Trujano (1961) for which he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
RodrÃÂguez's most renowned international film is Tizoc, in which Pedro Infante starred alongside MarÃÂa Félix. For this role, Infante won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.
He died on 7 August 2004 at the age of 87.