Carlos Carrera

Carlos Carrera (born 18 August 1962) 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.

Carlos Carrera
Born	Luis Carlos Carrera González (1962-08-18) 18 August 1962 Mexico City, Mexico
Alma mater	Ibero-American University Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica
Occupation(s)	Director, screenwriter, producer, animator
Years active	1991–present
Honours	Short Film Palme d'Or Ariel Award

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

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
		Director	Writer	Producer
1991	Benjamin's Woman (La mujer de Benjamín)	Yes	Yes	No	Directorial Debut co-written with Ignacio Ortiz
1993	La vida conyugal	Yes	Yes	No	Co-written with Ignacio Ortiz
1995	Sin remitente	Yes	Yes	No	Co-written with Ignacio Ortiz and Silvia Pasternac
1998	Un embrujo	Yes	Yes	No	Co-written with Martín Salinas
2002	The Crime of Father Amaro	Yes	Yes	No	Co-written with Vicente Leñero
2009	Backyard	Yes	No	No
2010	De la infancia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-written with Silvia Pasternac
2017	Ana y Bruno	Yes	No	No	Also animator

Short films

Year	Title	Credited as		Notes
		Director	Writer
1994	El héroe	Yes	Yes	Also animator. Won 1994 Short Film Palme d'Or.
2004	De raíz	Yes	Yes	Also animator.

External links

• Carlos Carrera at IMDb