Alejandra Márquez Abella

Alejandra Márquez Abella

Birth : 1982-04-30, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

History

Born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico in 1982, she studied filmmaking at the Centre d’Estudis Cinematogràfics de Catalunya in Barcelona. Her debut feature film, Semana Santa, and her second film, The Good Girls, both premiered at Toronto, the latter going on to screen at several festivals around the world and being nominated for 14 Mexican Academy of Film Awards. She has been working for television for more than a decade, including directing two episodes of the Narcos: Mexico series. El norte sobre el vacío is her third feature-length film.

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Alejandra Márquez Abella

Movies

Northern Skies Over Empty Space
Writer
With a keen sense of how to deploy omens that herald change, Alejandra Márquez Abella portrays a period of epochal change in rural Mexico – as seen by those who are usually restricted to the role of passive supporting actor.
Northern Skies Over Empty Space
Director
With a keen sense of how to deploy omens that herald change, Alejandra Márquez Abella portrays a period of epochal change in rural Mexico – as seen by those who are usually restricted to the role of passive supporting actor.
The Good Girls
Writer
Sofía a well-to-do socialite and her husband must wrestle with the impact of Mexico's 1982 economic crisis.
The Good Girls
Director
Sofía a well-to-do socialite and her husband must wrestle with the impact of Mexico's 1982 economic crisis.
Semana Santa
Screenplay
Chávez, Dali and Pepe belong to a middle class family who spends the Easter holydays at the beach.
Semana Santa
Director
Chávez, Dali and Pepe belong to a middle class family who spends the Easter holydays at the beach.
Mal de tierra
Director
Land Sick portraits a group of travelers: sailors, stewardesses, and truck drivers live the nostalgia of a wandering life and the impossible journey back home.
A Million Miles Away
Director
The story of Mexican-American astronaut José Hernéndez, who became the first migrant farmworker to travel into space.