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Carlos Carrera
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Luis Carlos Carrera González
18 August 1962 Mexico City, Mexico
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| Alma mater | Ibero-American University Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica |
| Occupation | 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. 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.
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Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
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| 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 | |
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| Director | Writer | |||
| 1994 | El héroe | Yes | Yes | Also animator. Won 1994 Short Film Palme d'Or. |
| 2004 | De raíz | Yes | Yes | Also animator. |
See also
In Spanish: Carlos Carrera para niños
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