Directing
Carlos Carrera
Born August 18, 1962 · 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
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6.7
The Crime of Padre Amaro
Director
566.7
Ana and Bruno
Director
7.8 TMDB
Cero y van cuatro
Director
6.9
Backyard
Director
7.1
Benjamín's Wife
Director, Screenplay
7.0 TMDB
Confessions
Director
4.8
Agent Macaw: Shaken & Stirred
Creative Consultant
6.7 TMDB
The Hero
Director, Animation, Writer
6.4
Under a Spell
Screenplay, Director
435.6
Sex, Love, and Other Perversions
Director
7.1
Sin remitente
Director
5.0 TMDB
Tales of Mexico
Director
4.7 TMDB
Married Life
Director, Writer
6.8 TMDB
De la infancia
Director, Screenplay, Producer
6.0 TMDB
Infamia
Director
6.5 TMDB
De Raíz
Animation, Editor, Director, Writer
5.0 TMDB
El mar muerto
Producer
6.5 TMDB
La reina roja, un misterio maya
Director
5.0 TMDB
The Ballad of the Phoenix
Producer
10.0 TMDB
Un muy cortometraje
Director, Writer
Filmography
- 2026Dark Blue, Celestial BlueDirectorMovie
- 2024The CollectorScreenplayMovie
- 2023ConfessionsDirectorMovie
- 2022I’m Going To Be FamousDirector, ScreenplayMovie
- 2017Tales of MexicoDirectorMovie
- 2017Ana and BrunoDirectorMovie
- 2013El mar muertoProducerMovie
- 2010De la infanciaDirector, Screenplay, ProducerMovie
- 2009BackyardDirectorMovie
- 2009Agent Macaw: Shaken & StirredCreative ConsultantMovie
- 2006Sex, Love, and Other PerversionsDirectorMovie
- 2005La reina roja, un misterio mayaDirectorMovie
- 2004Cero y van cuatroDirectorMovie
- 2004De RaízAnimation, Editor, Director, WriterMovie
- 2002The Crime of Padre AmaroDirectorMovie
- 1999Under a SpellScreenplay, DirectorMovie
- 1995Sin remitenteDirectorMovie
- 1994The HeroDirector, Animation, WriterMovie
- 1993Married LifeDirector, WriterMovie
- 1992Matrimonio y mortajaDirectorMovie
- 1991Benjamín's WifeDirector, ScreenplayMovie
- 1991InfamiaDirectorMovie
- 1989Un vestidito blanco como la leche nidoDirector, EditorMovie
- 1988AmadaDirectorMovie
- 1988Un muy cortometrajeDirector, WriterMovie
- 1988Malayerba nunca muerdeDirector, WriterMovie
- —The Ballad of the PhoenixProducerMovie