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Carlos Carrera

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Carlos Carrera
Born
Luis Carlos Carrera González

(1962-08-18) 18 August 1962 (age 62)
Mexico City, Mexico
Alma materIbero-American University
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica
Occupation(s)Director, screenwriter, producer, animator
Years active1991–present
HonoursShort 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 [es], 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

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Film

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "8 Carlos Carrera". AMACC (in Spanish). 21 May 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  2. ^ "'El héroe', el corto de animación mexicano que ganó la Palma de Oro". Grupo Milenio (in Spanish). 28 October 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  3. ^ "México: la polémica del padre Amaro". BBC Mundo (in Spanish). 16 August 2002. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  4. ^ "The Crime of Padre Amaro". Box Office Mojo. 15 November 2002. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Nueve premios Ariel para 'El crimen del padre Amaro'". El Universo (in Spanish). 10 April 2003. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  7. ^ "2009 – 45th Chicago International Film Festival". Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  8. ^ García, Cecilia (11 February 2010). "Listas las nominaciones al Ariel. 'Backyard, el traspatio' con 8 menciones". Expansión (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 July 2025.
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