Mauricio de la Serna (26 November 1902 – 20 March 1986) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and producer.
[1] He headed the production company Films Mundiales and participated in the founding of Estudios Churubusco in 1944, along with Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta, Jesús Grovas, Juan Bustillo Oro, Miguel Zacarías and Fernando de Fuentes.
In 1953, Luis Buñuel directed Illusion Travels by Streetcar, based on an argument by de la Serna and adapted by Buñuel, José Revueltas, Juan de la Cabada and Luis Alcoriza.
In 1973 he provided his services for Televisa as coordinator of Post Production, Distribution and Exhibition of Televicine, where he remained until 1978.
De la Serna stated regarding his return to the film industry that "if I had not directed before, it was because the pornography and churrismo were bursting me",[1] alluding to the then prevailing Mexican sex comedy genre.