Miguel Contreras Torres

Miguel Contreras Torres (September 28, 1899 – June 5, 1981) was a Mexican-born actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. He was married to Liechtensteiner-born actress Medea de Novara.

From 1951 to 1979, he and his wife owned Gutenberg Castle in Balzers.

Selected filmography

Director

• Juárez y Maximiliano (1934)
• No te engañes corazón (1936)
• La paloma (1937)
• The Mad Empress (1939)
• Simón Bolívar (1942)
• Father Morelos (1943)
• Lightning in the South (1943)
• ' (1946)
• Pancho Villa Returns (1950)
• Vuelve Pancho Villa (1950) (alternate version of Pancho Villa Returns, but with Pedro Armendariz replacing Leo Carrillo in the title role
• Under the Sky of Spain (1953)
• Tehuantepec (1954)