
Director
Carlos Carrera
64 years · Mexico, D. F., Mexico · 22 films
Luis Carlos Carrera González (born 18 August 1962), better known as Carlos Carrera, 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 21

Dark Blue, Celestial Blue
2026 · Director

Confessions
2023 · Director

I’m Going To Be Famous
2022 · Director, Screenplay


Tales of Mexico
2017 · Director
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Ana and Bruno
2017 · Director

El mar muerto
2013 · Producer

De la infancia
2010 · Director, Screenplay

Backyard
2009 · Director

Sex, Love, and Other Perversions
2006 · Director

La reina roja, un misterio maya
2005 · Director

Cero y van cuatro
2004 · Director

De Raíz
2004 · Editor, Writer


The Crime of Padre Amaro
2002 · Director
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Under a Spell
1999 · Screenplay, Director

Sin remitente
1995 · Director

The Hero
1994 · Director, Writer

Married Life
1993 · Director, Writer

Matrimonio y mortaja
1992 · Director

Benjamín's Wife
1991 · Director, Screenplay

Infamia
1991 · Director

Amada
1988 · Director
