
Carlos Carrera
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 18, 1962
- Birthplace
- Mexico, D. F., Mexico
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.
Filmography
- Lupe
Lupe TBA
Director, Screenplay

The Ballad of the Phoenix TBA
Producer

Dark Blue, Celestial Blue 2026
Director
- The Collector
The Collector 2024
Screenplay

Confessions 2023
Director

I’m Going To Be Famous 2022
Director, Screenplay

Tales of Mexico 2017
Director

Ana and Bruno 2017
Director

El mar muerto 2013
Producer

De la infancia 2010
Director, Screenplay, Producer

Backyard 2009
Director

Agent Macaw: Shaken & Stirred 2009
Creative Consultant

Sex, Love, and Other Perversions 2006
Director

La reina roja, un misterio maya 2005
Director

Cero y van cuatro 2004
Director

De Raíz 2004
Animation, Editor, Writer, Director

The Crime of Padre Amaro 2002
Director

Under a Spell 1999
Director, Screenplay

Sin remitente 1995
Director, Screenplay
- Sombras de la Malinche
Sombras de la Malinche 1994
Director, Screenplay

The Hero 1994
Director, Animation, Writer

Married Life 1993
Director, Writer

Matrimonio y mortaja 1992
Director

Benjamín's Wife 1991
Director, Screenplay

Infamia 1991
Director
- Un vestidito blanco como la leche nido
Un vestidito blanco como la leche nido 1989
Director, Editor

Amada 1988
Director
- Malayerba nunca muerde
Malayerba nunca muerde 1988
Director, Writer
- Un muy cortometraje
Un muy cortometraje 1988
Director, Writer
Credits from TMDB.