WCarlos 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.
WFernando "Papi" Cortés was a Puerto Rican film actor, writer and director. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City, where he died. On 1932, while in New York City, Fernando Cortés married Puerto Rican childhood friend María del Pilar Cordero, who adopted the stage name of Mapy Cortés. The couple soon traveled to Spain with a Cuban theatrical troupe. They worked on the Spanish stage, radio and film until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1936. Fernando progressively began to take a backseat as actor and baritone and focused on promoting the career of his wife Mapy, who became a noted vedette in Barcelona.
WCarlos José Cuarón Orozco is a Mexican screenwriter, film producer, and film director.
WMiguel Melitón Delgado was a Mexican film director and screenwriter best known for directing thirty-three of Cantinflas' films, under contract of Posa Films. He directed 139 films between 1941 and 1990. His film The Three Musketeers was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.
WNicolás Echevarría is a Mexican film director and cinematographer. He has directed over 20 films since 1973. His 1991 film Cabeza de Vaca was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.
WJaime Humberto Hermosillo Delgado was a Mexican film director, often compared to Spain's Pedro Almodóvar.
WAlberto Isaac was a Mexican swimmer and later a film director and screenwriter. He competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.
WSergio Olhovich is a Russian-Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed 18 films between 1970 and 1999. His 1975 film The House in the South was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1997, he was a member of the jury at the 20th Moscow International Film Festival.
WRodrigo Plá is a Uruguayan screenwriter and director. He is best known for his 2007 film La Zona.
WJosé Ignacio Gabriel Jorge Retes Balzaretti was a Mexican film director, writer, producer, and actor. His 1977 film Paper Flowers was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1979 film Broken Flag was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1999 film A Sweet Scent of Death was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.
WIsmael Rodríguez was a Mexican film director.
WAlonso Ruizpalacios is a Mexican film director. He was born and raised in Mexico City. He studied stage directing in Mexico City, before moving to London where he trained as an actor at RADA. Ruizpalacios writes and directs for both stage and screen. His short film Café Paraíso won multiple awards on the film festival circuit. His debut feature Gueros, shot in black and white, was lauded by critics and won five Ariel Awards in 2015, including Best Picture, Best First Film and Best Director. Ruizpalacios also directed the music video for "Hasta la Raíz" by Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade.
WJuan Carlos Rulfo Aparicio is a Mexican screenwriter and director and the son of author Juan Rulfo. He has written, produced, and photographed several films. He is married to Valentina Leduc Navarro, a Mexican director.
WGabriel Soriano is a Mexican writer, director and producer.
WJuan Carlos Zaldívar is a filmmaker and video artist who was born in Cuba. Zaldivar has lived in the United States of America since 1980 with directing credits including "90 Miles", which aired nationally on PBS/"P.O.V.", and was featured in the book Mining the Home Movie: Excavations in Histories and Memories.