Javier Colinas

Javier Colinas

Birth : 1978-01-23, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

History

Javier Colinas graduated as an electrical mechanical engineer from Tecnológico de Monterrey. He then moved to Los Angeles, with the interest of studying film at several of the most prestigious international schools. He studied at the New York Film Academy in 2002 and 2003, then at the University of Southern California, Extension Program, in 2003 and 2004. In 2008 he joined forces with actors Luis Ernesto Franco and Luis Arrieta and Max Blásquez to found the production company Los Güeros Films. The production company has stood out for its exploration of different film genres and has also implemented an interesting program that involves young students from the Tecnológico de Monterrey as part of the crew.

Profile

Javier Colinas
Javier Colinas

Movies

The Day Everything Changed
Producer
Mario, used to be a man who had planned a happy future with his wife; until one night, a robbery ends up taking her life. From that moment on, his only objective is now to avenge on those who took away his happiness.
The Day Everything Changed
Director
Mario, used to be a man who had planned a happy future with his wife; until one night, a robbery ends up taking her life. From that moment on, his only objective is now to avenge on those who took away his happiness.
40 Years Young
Executive Producer
After turning 40, César is invited to a culinary contest in Cancún, but a bitter discovery threatens to destroy his family as well as his chances to win the competition.
Grandma's Last Wishes
Director
When the grandmother decides that it is time to put the family affairs in order, the fights begin to inherit the house. (A sequel to Grandma's Wedding.)
Dad Wanted
Writer
What does a thrill-seeker tween girl do when her mom forbids her to enter a BMX race? Cast an actor with nothing to lose to play her approving dad.
Dad Wanted
Director
What does a thrill-seeker tween girl do when her mom forbids her to enter a BMX race? Cast an actor with nothing to lose to play her approving dad.
Grandma's Wedding
Director
A dysfunctional family travels to Cuernavaca to celebrate their grandmother’s wedding.
Beyond The Mountain
Producer
Miguel is a lonely boy letting his life pass by in a monotonous routine. He works in a public kiosk, takes care of his mother Consuelo and dreams with Carmela's love, one of his usual clients. One day, this perfect bubble of dissatisfaction pops when his mother dies. The tragic event, forces him to face his past and to make a radical decision: find the father that abandoned them, with the intention to kill him.
What We May Become
Editor
A male student begins a torrid affair with his female teacher, but she soon realizes that the relationship won't get them anywhere.
What We May Become
Producer
A male student begins a torrid affair with his female teacher, but she soon realizes that the relationship won't get them anywhere.
What We May Become
Screenplay
A male student begins a torrid affair with his female teacher, but she soon realizes that the relationship won't get them anywhere.
What We May Become
Director
A male student begins a torrid affair with his female teacher, but she soon realizes that the relationship won't get them anywhere.
A ti te quería encontrar
Director
El cumple de la abuela
Director
A dysfunctional family travels to Cuernavaca, to celebrate their grandmother's birthday. One pretends to have a boyfriend she just met. Another has a girlfriend who is in love with one of his brothers. Another can not stand the way the grandmother treats him but he has been afraid of her for so long...until now.
4 Moons
Producer
Four interwoven stories about love and self-acceptance: An eleven year-old boy struggles to keep secret the attraction he feels towards his male cousin. Two former childhood friends reunite and start a relationship that gets complicated due to one of them’s fear of getting caught. A gay long lasting relationship is in jeopardy when a third man comes along. An old family man is obsessed with a young male prostitute and tries to raise the money to afford the experience.
Detrás del poder
Director
What would you do if one day you open the door of your house and a man you've never seen hits you, ties you to a chair, pulls out a bottle of tequila and start counting you his life? In addition, little by little, you start to realize that this seemingly odd man knows everything about you and his main intent is to give you a shot in the head. Based on true events, this is what happens to Michael, an attorney/deputy happily married to a privileged life who in less than an hour starts to lose everything. Perhaps this stranger comes to present him something that everybody wants to have: Power. "Behind the Power" is a thriller that will make you question your country, your life and your heart.
The Misfits
Director
A lonely boy did not want to live until he meets a girl who pretends to be a star performer. An arrogant lawyer gets a lesson of life to get stuck in an elevator with a single servant. Through the Internet, a computer lover enters into a blind date, the stranger might be too known. Five elders decide to kill boredom and to get excited about planning to rob a bank.