Federico Curiel was born on February 19, 1917 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was a director and writer, known for Neutrón, el enmascarado negro (1960), Brainiac - Der Baron des Terrors (1962) and Los autómatas de la muerte (1962). He was married to Stella Defossé Torres. He died on June 17, 1985 in Cuernavaca, Mexico.