Person
Carlos Carrera
Directing · Born 1962-08-18 · Mexico, D. F., Mexico
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.
Known for
The Crime of Padre Amaro
Director
Confessions
Director
Ana and Bruno
Director
Tales of Mexico
Director
Cero y van cuatro
Director
Sex, Love, and Other Perversions
Director
The Ballad of the Phoenix
Producer
Agent Macaw: Shaken & Stirred
Creative Consultant
Under a Spell
Screenplay
Backyard
Director
Filmography
- 2026Dark Blue, Celestial BlueDirector
- 2024The CollectorScreenplay
- 2023ConfessionsDirector
- 2022I’m Going To Be FamousDirector
- 2017Tales of MexicoDirector
- 2017Ana and BrunoDirector
- 2013El mar muertoProducer
- 2010De la infanciaDirector
- 2009BackyardDirector
- 2009Agent Macaw: Shaken & StirredCreative Consultant
- 2006Sex, Love, and Other PerversionsDirector
- 2005La reina roja, un misterio mayaDirector
- 2004Cero y van cuatroDirector
- 2004De RaízAnimation
- 2002The Crime of Padre AmaroDirector
- 1999Under a SpellScreenplay
- 1995Sin remitenteDirector
- 1994The HeroDirector
- 1993Married LifeDirector
- 1992Matrimonio y mortajaDirector
- 1991Benjamín's WifeDirector
- 1991InfamiaDirector
- 1988AmadaDirector
- 1988Un muy cortometrajeDirector
- 1988Malayerba nunca muerdeDirector
- —The Ballad of the PhoenixProducer
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