Olallo Rubio is a Mexican filmmaker and broadcaster. He is known for his documentaries '' So, What's Your Price?'', '' Gimme the Power'' and ''

Ilusión Nacional ''Ilusión Nacional'' ( en, National Illusion) is a 2014 Mexican documentary film by Olallo Rubio about association football in Mexico. Synopsis Olallo Rubio traces the history of association football in Mexico, and he discusses how it relates ...

'', and the feature film '' This Is Not a Movie''

Career

Rubio's career began in radio at XHDL-FM. His first film, '' So, What's Your Price?'', a

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

critical of consumerism, premiered at the 2007 Guadalajara International Film Festival. His next film, '' This Is Not a Movie'', stars Edward Furlong as a man who grapples with existential questions during the end of the world. It premiered at the

Morelia International Film Festival The Morelia International Film Festival (''Spanish'': ''Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia''; FICM) was founded in 2003 in the city of Morelia, Michoacán, México. It is an annual event that takes place during the second week of October. F ...

in 2010 and had a budget of $3 million. '' Gimme the Power'', released just before the

2012 Mexican general election General elections were held in Mexico on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Voters went to the polls to elect a new president of Mexico, President of the Republic to serve a six-year term, replacing Felipe Calderón, 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies o ...

, is a

rockumentary A concert film, or concert movie, is a film that showcases a live performance from the perspective of a concert goer, the subject of which is an extended live performance or concert by either a musician or a stand-up comedian. Early history The ...

about the Mexican band Molotov that is also critical of Mexican politics. His latest film, released in 2014 just prior to the

2014 FIFA World Cup The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting ri ...

, is ''

'', a documentary about football in Mexico.

Filmography

* '' So, What's Your Price?'' (2007) * '' This Is Not a Movie'' (2010) * '' Gimme the Power'' (2012) * ''

'' (2014)

References

External links

* Living people Mexican documentary filmmakers Mexican film producers Mexican radio presenters Mexican screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) {{SouthAm-film-director-stub