Biography
He wrote his first feature film, "La Llorona," based on a widely known Mexican legend. The Mexican mini-studio Lemon Films immediately picked it up. Based on his script, he directed the horror film Kilómetro 31 in 2007. The result was the highest-grossing film of 2007 in Mexico and the top-grossing Mexican horror film of all time. His debut film also swept the Mexican Academy of Cinematic Arts and Sciences awards, earning 6 nominations and winning 5 statuettes.
Complete Filmography
Night Shift
2024
Director, Writer
A young nurse with a domestic abuse past starts working the night shift at a small hospital, where, during the night, the ghost of a nurse materialize...
Karem the Possession
2021
Producer
A possessed young girl from an atheist family refuses to let her new powers go and becomes more than a threat to everyone besides her.
Originless
2020
Director, Adaptation
A group of arcanes enjoy fighting vampires.
Km 31-2
2016
Director
A woman is searching for her son who got lost under mysterious circumstances.
Family Blood
2013
Producer
Two young people, who knew each other in a previous life, meet again. Alejandro recognizes Yolanda, who is from a strange family that has the disadvan...
Blackout
2008
Director
Three people from different walks of life find themselves trapped inside a stalled elevator. What at first seems like an inconvenience rapidly escalat...
KM 31: Kilometer 31
2006
Director, Writer
While driving through the kilometer 31 of a lonely road, Agata Hameran hits a boy. She leaves her car to help the victim and another car runs over her...
If I Never See You Again
1997
Assistant Director
Five elderly men form a music group and run away from the nursing home where they are interns with the hope of playing for an audience. They confront ...