Enrique Echaniz was born in 1854 in Zacualtipán, Hidalgo, Mexico. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Noche de luna en el golfo de México (1905), Caballo saltador, ejercicio hipico (1905) and El cañonero mexicano bravo (1906). He died on March 9, 1933 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.