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Carlos Carrera

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Carlos Carrera

Born August 18, 1962 in Mexico, D. F., Mexico23 films

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.

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In 2008, Carrera was sponsor for Un aliado en el tiempo, a Sundance Film Festival official selection shortfilm.

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Cero y van cuatro posterFirst watchCero y van cuatro20047.8Four stories... one city. A dark comedy about crime in the big city: EL TORZON - two friends are smoking grass in their car, when they're caught by a corrupt Judicial Police Officer; VIDA…View film

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Filmography

23 films as director
  1. 2026Dark Blue, Celestial BlueDirector
  2. 2023ConfessionsDirector
  3. 2022I’m Going To Be FamousDirector
  4. 2017Tales of MexicoDirector
  5. 2017Ana and BrunoDirector
  6. 2010De la infanciaDirector
  7. 2009BackyardDirector
  8. 2006Sex, Love, and Other PerversionsDirector
  9. 2005La reina roja, un misterio mayaDirector
  10. 2004Cero y van cuatroDirector
  11. 2004De RaízDirector
  12. 2002The Crime of Padre AmaroDirector
  13. 1999Under a SpellDirector
  14. 1995Sin remitenteDirector
  15. 1994The HeroDirector
  16. 1993Married LifeDirector
  17. 1992Matrimonio y mortajaDirector
  18. 1991Benjamín's WifeDirector
  19. 1991InfamiaDirector
  20. 1989Un vestidito blanco como la leche nidoDirector
  21. 1988AmadaDirector
  22. 1988Un muy cortometrajeDirector
  23. 1988Malayerba nunca muerdeDirector