(Director / Producer / Writer)
(Editor)
(Composer)
(Motion Graphics Designer)
(Music Supervisor)
(Narrator)
Directors of Photography
Lou Weinert
Sandra Valde-Hansen
Unit Production Manager /
Second Unit Director (Mexico City)
Andrés Tagliavini
Location Sound (Mexico City)
Gabriel Coll Barberis
Santiago Arroyo Camacho
Dialogue / Effects Editor
James Morioka
Sound Mix
Michelle Garuik, The Grind
Colorist
Kevin Cannon, Prehistoric Digital
Motion Graphics Art Director
Rachel K. Simanjuntak
Additional Music
Mexican Drug Patrol
End Credits Song
“Corrido de Los Luchadores”
Written and Performed by
Jesus “Chuy” Perez (BMI)
Produced by John Avila
Featuring Gabriel Tenorio and Vincent Hidalgo
Narrator (Spanish Language Version for DVD)
Eduardo Roman
Interview Subjects (In Order of Appearance)
Heather Levi
Lourdes Grobet
Solar
Dan Madigan
Rubén Hernández-León
Christian Cymet
Ulises Jiménez
Marta Turok
William Nericcio
Xavier Garza
Mascarita Sagrada
Angel Mondragon
Rosa, sister of Mascarita Sagrada
Negro Navarro
Antonia, wife of Solar
Solar Jr.
Archival Research
Mayela Valdés Bernés
Sandra Cruz
Elizabeth Muñoz Barrientos
Archive Images
Centro de Colecciones Arturo Ortega Navarrete
Archivo Christian Cymet
Lourdes Grobet
Archivo Revista Box y Lucha
Artes de México / Museo Ruth D. Lechuga
Archivo Familía Mascarita Sagrada
Archivo Revista Ovacciones
Archivo Deportes Martinez
Fototeca Nacional del INAH
Javier Hernandez Archive
Archivo Angel Mondragon
Additional Cinematography
Ray Santiesteban
Victor Balcazar
Omar Gonzalez
José Antonio Lendo
Andrés Cruz
Daniel Castro
Lorenzo Velasco Cruz
Still Photography
Javier Hernandez
Cuauhtemoc Garcia
José Lizardo
Solar Jr.
Carlos Avila
Special Thanks:
Elaine Montalvo
Claire Aguilar
Luca Bentivoglio
Patricia Boero
Nahún Carilles
Cassandro
Lydia Gabriel Olivarez Celis
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Hilda Yolanda Ortega Cuenca
Robert Darwell
Directors Guild of America
Embajada de México, Los Angeles
Liz Fairburn
Familia Avila
Familia Calderón
Familia Montalvo
Familia Ostini
Familia Ramirez
Sandra Granados
Juan Guerrero
Kevin Herlihy
Hermanos Pardo
Daniel “Huracan Ramirez” Garcia
Arash Hoda
El Hijo del Santo
Hotel Casa Gonzalez
Robb J. Klein
Rick Lee
Little People of America, Spanish Committee
Jim Mendiola
Mascarita Sagrada y Familia
Keith Rainville
David Ramirez
Pro Wrestling Revolution
Ingeniero Francisco Camacho Ruiz
SAG-AFTRA
Solar y Familia
Solar Jr.
Raymond Telles
Esther Tudor
Edit Villarreal
Lois Vossen
Thank you to my mother, Maria Ostini and my stepfather, Osvaldo Ostini, for taking us to the luchas when we were kids.
Thank you to all the Luchadores who participated in this film.
Locations
México City, Distrito Federal
Tulancingo, Estado de Hidalgo
Tecamac, Estado de México
Tijuana, Estado de Baja California
San Antonio, Texas
Austin, Texas
VOCES Series Credits
Executive Producer
Sandie Viquez Pedlow
Series Producer
Luis Ortiz
For the Independent Television Service (ITVS)
Sally Jo Fifer, Executive Director
Tales of Masked Men is a co-production of Echo Park Films, Inc., Latino Public Broadcasting, and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) with funding provided by Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
This program was produced by Echo Park Films, Inc. who is solely responsible for its content.
© 2012 Echo Park Films, Inc.
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