Carlos Carrera

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1962-08-18 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Mexico, D. F., Mexico

Carlos Carrera

Biography

Luis Carlos Carrera González (born 18 August 1962), better known as Carlos Carrera, is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed El crimen del Padre Amaro (2002), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2009, he directed Backyard about the female homicides in Ciudad Juárez, which won a silver plaque at the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival. In 2008, Carrera was sponsor for Un aliado en el tiempo, a Sundance Film Festival official selection shortfilm.

Production

2009

Backyard

as Director

2004

1994

The Hero

as Director

1994

The Hero

as Animation

2004

De Raíz

as Animation

2004

De Raíz

as Editor

1994

The Hero

as Writer

1995

Sin remitente

as Director

1988

Amada

as Director

2017

Ana and Bruno

as Director

2010

De la infancia

as Director

2010

De la infancia

as Screenplay

2017

Tales of Mexico

as Director

1999

Under a Spell

as Screenplay

1999

Under a Spell

as Director

2004

De Raíz

as Director

2004

De Raíz

as Writer

1991

Benjamín's Wife

as Director

1991

Benjamín's Wife

as Screenplay

2013

El mar muerto

as Producer

1992

2023

Confessions

as Director

1991

Infamia

as Director

2022

2009

Agent Macaw: Shaken & Stirred

as Creative Consultant

-

The Collector

as Screenplay

1993

Married Life

as Director

2010

De la infancia

as Producer

1988

1988

1988

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