Carlos Carrera
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| Born | Luis Carlos Carrera González 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 |
Carlos Carrera (born 18 August 1962) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter.
His debut feature from 1991, La mujer de Benjamín, earned him the Ariel Award for Best First Feature.[1] In 1994 at the Cannes film festival he won the Palme d’Or in the Short film category for El héroe.[2]
In 2002, under advise from Alfredo Ripstein, Carrera directed El crimen del Padre Amaro, about the romantic relationship between a catholic priest and a woman. The film was an adaptation of the novel by José María Eça de Queiroz with a screenplay by playwright Vicente Leñero, starring Gael García Bernal and Ana Claudia Talancón. When it was released, the film caused a controversy on the part of Roman Catholic groups in Mexico who tried to stop the film from being screened.[3] The film was a success at the box office, both in Mexico and internationally.[4] It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards.[5] It was also nominated to 13 Ariel awards, winning 9 of them.[6]
In 2009, he directed Backyard about the female homicides in Ciudad Juárez, which won a silver plaque at the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival.[7] The film was nominated for 9 Ariel awards, winning 5 of them.[8]
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 Padre Araro | 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. |
References
- ^ "8 Carlos Carrera". AMACC (in Spanish). 21 May 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "'El héroe', el corto de animación mexicano que ganó la Palma de Oro". Grupo Milenio (in Spanish). 28 October 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "México: la polémica del padre Amaro". BBC Mundo (in Spanish). 16 August 2002. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "The Crime of Padre Amaro". Box Office Mojo. 15 November 2002. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Nueve premios Ariel para 'El crimen del padre Amaro'". El Universo (in Spanish). 10 April 2003. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "2009 – 45th Chicago International Film Festival". Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ^ García, Cecilia (11 February 2010). "Listas las nominaciones al Ariel. 'Backyard, el traspatio' con 8 menciones". Expansión (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 July 2025.