Awards & Winners

Carlos Carrera

Date of Birth 18-August-1962
Place of Birth Mexico City
(Mexico, Greater Mexico City)
Nationality Mexico
Also know as Luis Carlos Carrera González, Luis Carlos Carrera, Luis Carrera, Carlos Carrera González, Luis Carlos Carrera, Luis Carrera, Luis Carlos Carrera González
Profession Screenwriter, Film director, Film Producer, Television Director, Film Editor
Carlos Carrera is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed El crimen del Padre Amaro, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2009 he directed Backyard: El Traspatio 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.

Awards by Carlos Carrera

Check all the awards nominated and won by Carlos Carrera.

2010


Ariel Award for Best Director
Honored for : Backyard

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Ariel Award for Best Director Backyard

2005


Ariel Award for Best Short Animation
Honored for : De raíz

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Ariel Award for Best Short Animation De raíz

2003


Ariel Award for Best Director
Honored for : The Crime of Father Amaro

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Ariel Award for Best Director The Crime of Father Amaro
Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film The Crime of Father Amaro
Mexico

2002


Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Crime of Father Amaro
Country: Mexico; in Spanish

1999


Ariel Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Honored for : Un embrujo
Ariel Award for Best Director
Honored for : Un embrujo

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Ariel Award for Best Director Un embrujo
Ariel Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Un embrujo

1997


Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film Sender Unknown
Mexico

1996


Ariel Award for Best Director
Honored for : Sender Unknown

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Ariel Award for Best Director Sender Unknown

1994


Ariel Award for Best Short Fiction
Honored for : El héroe

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Ariel Award for Best Director Married Life
Ariel Award for Best Screenplay Married Life
Ariel Award for Best Short Fiction El héroe

1992


Ariel Award for Best First Work
Honored for : Benjamin's Woman

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Ariel Award for Best Director Benjamin's Woman
Ariel Award for Best Original Story Benjamin's Woman
Ariel Award for Best Screenplay Benjamin's Woman
Ariel Award for Best First Work Benjamin's Woman