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Carlos Velo

Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter (1909-1988)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ3328921 ↗
Source-derived summary

Carlos Velo Corbelos (15 November 1909 – 10 March 1988) was a Spanish film director. He directed 45 films between 1934 and 1983. His 1956 film Torero! was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Selected filmography

Torero! (1956)

Sonatas (1959)

Pedro Páramo (1967)

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References

External links

Carlos Velo at IMDb

Carlos Velo at Find a Grave

"Velo Corbelas, Carlos". Diccionario de directores del cine mexicano. Cineteca Nacional.

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The public source identifies “Carlos Velo” as film director, Film producer, Screenwriter (1909-1988). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Carlos, Velo and Film.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1909, 1988, 1934, 1983—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1909-11-15. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Carlos, Velo and Film providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3328921. VIAF identifies the subject as 40516609. The Library of Congress control number is nr2006004216. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1909, 1988, 1934 and 1983.

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This entry incorporates text from “Carlos Velo” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.