Alonso Ruizpalacios (born 1978) is a Mexican film director.

Biography

Ruizpalacios was born and raised in

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. He studied stage directing in Mexico City, before moving to

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where he trained as an actor at

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. Ruizpalacios writes and directs for both stage and screen. His short film ''Café Paraíso'' won multiple awards on the film festival circuit. His debut feature '' Gueros'', shot in black and white, was lauded by critics and won five

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in 2015, including

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, Best First Film and Best Director.http://mexicouk2015.mx/en/event/proyeccion-gueros-de-alonso-ruizpalacios Bio] Ruizpalacios also directed the music video for " Hasta la Raíz (song), Hasta la Raíz" by Mexican singer-songwriter

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. He recently directed the movie ''Museo'', starring

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. The film won the best script award at the

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. Museum has also been present in other international festivals. The film tells the story of the famous robbery to the National ''Museo'' of Anthropology on December 25, 1985, in Mexico City. He has also contributed in TV series: directing two episodes for ''Narcos: Mexico'' and two episodes for the Mexican TV show ''Aquí en la tierra''; besides being the showrunner of the ''XY'' TV show for the Mexican television network Once TV.

Selected filmography

* ''

Güeros ''Güeros'' is a 2014 Mexican road comedy-drama film directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios. Set in Mexico City in 1999, the film tells the story of three restless teenagers searching for a folk-rocker during the Mexican capital's student strike. The fil ...

'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2018) * ''

A Cop Movie ''A Cop Movie'' ( es, Una película de policías) is a 2021 Mexican docudrama Docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of television and film, which features dramatized re-enactments of actual events. It is described as a hybrid of docume ...

'' (2021) * ''The Kitchen'' (TBA)

References

1978 births Living people Ariel Award winners Best Director Ariel Award winners Mexican directors Silver Bear for Best Screenplay winners {{Mexico-film-director-stub