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Carlos Carrera (born 18 August 1962) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter.

His debut feature from 1991, La mujer de Benjamín, earned him the Ariel Award for Best First Feature.cite-ref-1[1] In 1994 at the Cannes film festival he won the Palme d’Or in the Short film category for El héroe.cite-ref-2[2]

In 2002, under advise from Alfredo Ripstein, Carrera directed El crimen del Padre Amaro, about the romantic relationship between a catholic priest and a woman. The film was an adaptation of the novel by José María Eça de Queiroz with a screenplay by playwright Vicente Leñero, starring Gael García Bernal and Ana Claudia Talancón. When it was released, the film caused a controversy on the part of Roman Catholic groups in Mexico who tried to stop the film from being screened.cite-ref-3[3] The film was a success at the box office, both in Mexico and internationally.cite-ref-4[4] It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards.cite-ref-oscars2003-5-0[5] It was also nominated to 13 Ariel awards, winning 9 of them.cite-ref-6[6]

In 2009, he directed Backyard about the female homicides in Ciudad Juárez, which won a silver plaque at the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival.cite-ref-7[7] The film was nominated for 9 Ariel awards, winning 5 of them.cite-ref-8[8]

• Filmography

• Film

• Short films

• References

• External links

| Year | Title | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Notes |

|---|---|---|---|---|---|

| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |

| 1991 | Benjamin's Woman (La mujer de Benjamín) | Yes | Yes | No | Directorial Debut co-written with Ignacio Ortiz |

| 1993 | La vida conyugal | Yes | Yes | No | Co-written with Ignacio Ortiz |

| 1995 | Sin remitente | Yes | Yes | No | Co-written with Ignacio Ortiz and Silvia Pasternac |

| 1998 | Un embrujo | Yes | Yes | No | Co-written with Martín Salinas |

| 2002 | The Crime of Padre Araro | Yes | Yes | No | Co-written with Vicente Leñero |

| 2009 | Backyard | Yes | No | No | |

| 2010 | De la infancia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Silvia Pasternac |

| 2017 | Ana y Bruno | Yes | No | No | Also animator |

| Year | Title | Credited as | Credited as | Notes |

|---|---|---|---|---|

| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |

| 1994 | El héroe | Yes | Yes | Also animator. Won 1994 Short Film Palme d'Or . |

| 2004 | De raíz | Yes | Yes | Also animator. |

cite-note-11. ↑ "8 Carlos Carrera". AMACC (in Spanish). 21 May 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2025.

cite-note-22. ↑ "'El héroe', el corto de animación mexicano que ganó la Palma de Oro". Grupo Milenio (in Spanish). 28 October 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2025.

cite-note-33. ↑ "México: la polémica del padre Amaro". BBC Mundo (in Spanish). 16 August 2002. Retrieved 15 July 2025.

cite-note-44. ↑ "The Crime of Padre Amaro". Box Office Mojo. 15 November 2002. Retrieved 15 July 2025.

cite-note-oscars2003-55. ↑ "The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2025.

cite-note-66. ↑ "Nueve premios Ariel para 'El crimen del padre Amaro'". El Universo (in Spanish). 10 April 2003. Retrieved 15 July 2025.

cite-note-77. ↑ "2009 – 45th Chicago International Film Festival". Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2012.

cite-note-88. ↑ citerefgarc-a2010García, Cecilia (11 February 2010). "Listas las nominaciones al Ariel. 'Backyard, el traspatio' con 8 menciones". Expansión (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 July 2025.

• Carlos Carrera at IMDb