Jayro Bustamante

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1977-05-07 (48 years old)

Place of Birth

Guatemala

Jayro Bustamante

Biography

Jayro Bustamante is a Guatemalan film director and screenwriter. He directed the 2015 film Ixcanul, which was selected as the Guatemalan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. He was named on the jury for the Best First Feature Award at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.

Production

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Down Wind

as Director

2023

Fuego Sagrado

as Director

2015

Ixcanul

as Director

2015

Ixcanul

as Screenplay

2024

Rita

as Director

2024

Rita

as Screenplay

2015

Ixcanul

as Producer

2024

Rita

as Producer

2019

Tremors

as Director

2012

When I Grow Up

as Director

2012

2019

La Llorona

as Director

2019

La Llorona

as Editor

2019

La Llorona

as Producer

2019

Tremors

as Writer

2019

Tremors

as Producer

2019

La Llorona

as Writer

2021

1991

as Screenplay

2024

FELIPE

as Producer

-

El Sombreròn

as Director

-

El Sombreròn

as Producer

-

2025

Comparsa

as Executive Producer

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