Amaury Barrera is a young film director born and raised in Mexico City, with a passion for narrative and emotion in each of his pieces, he seeks to give life to new ways of telling through his visual universe.

Amaury's work is deeply rooted in his interest for his Mexican Mesoamerican heritage, which plays a central role in his exploration of contemporary society. Through themes such as identity, heritage, dreams, and territory, his films reveal the complex interplay between tradition and modernity, evoking our deepest emotions, illusions and vulnerabilities.

He has a degree in Communication Studies from the Ibero-American University of Mexico City, in addition to specializations in fashion photography and still photography from the Academy of Visual Arts (AAVI), and creative writing from the Mexican School of Writers. In his short career, and with only one year and a half in the industry he is the winner of two prestigious awards: Best New Talent Director at Círculo Creativo México (2024) and Best New Director at Cíclope Latino (2024). Making him one of the most promising talents of Latin America and his generation.