Carlos Reygadas
Carlos Reygadas
Mexican filmmaker
Date of
birth: 1971
Place of
birth:
1987
Carlos Reygadas discovered his filmic passion after watching the films Andrei
Tarkovski.
He studied
Law in
He worked
for the United Nations.
1997
Carlos Reygadas participated in a film competition in
1999
Carlos Reygadas began writing his first long film: Japon .
2001 He
began the shootings of his film Japón, which was presented at the Rotterdam
Film Festival and received a special Camera d’Or award at the Cannes Film
Festival as well as the Coral Award of the International Festival of
Latinamerican Films.
2002 Death
of the mexican actor Alejandro Ferretis, who had a role in the film
"Japon". Ferretis was murdered in
his house of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
2004
Carlos Reygadas produced the film Sangre, directed by the young filmmaker Amat
Escalante. It was presented at the Toulouse Film Festival as well as at the
Film Festival of Rotterdam and the Film Festival of San Sebastian.
2005 The
film Sangre will be included in the section Un Certain Regard at the Cannes
Film Festival.
2005 The
film Batalla en el Cielo, (