Mexican filmmaker, writer and producer working across documentary and fiction cinema. Director of Sal, The Serdán Brothers, The Sphere, Diary of an unexpected journey and the psychological horror thriller Broken.
In 2009, he directed, together with the Climate Institute of Washington, NASA and NOAA, a documentary on global warming, La Esfera, which was broadcast worldwide through networks such as the BBC in London and Channel 22 in Mexico.
In 2010, produced by CONACULTA, he began an investigation on the Serdán and their influence on the Mexican Revolution. The documentary Los Serdán, Secrets of a Family of Heroes premiered on November 19, 2010, 100 years after the event that gave rise to the Mexican independence struggle.
The documentary was broadcast nationally on Channel 22 and internationally by BBC London, winning various international awards.
In 2015 he produced and directed the capture and survey of the entire country for the Council of Tourism Promotion of Mexico, the project included a crew of 400 people, divided into 8 work teams, they traveled for 4 months each corner of Mexico doing a survey of image of more than 40,000 photographs and 30 videos that offer the broadest tourist panorama of Mexico in recent years.
He is also the director of video clips, among his works in this segment are the Video Madre Tierra with Chayanne and the Videos No Sé Llorar y Volvamos by Dulce María.
In 2018 he directed 10 Chapters of the Muy Padres series, featured by Héctor Suárez Gomiz, Víctor González, Dulce María among others. The series was broadcast nationwide through the Imagen Tv network.
In 2021 he wrote and directed two important productions, the documentary Sal, which tells the story and life of one of the best boxers in the world and the best in Mexico, according to many opinions, and who tragically dies in a car accident at age 21, being the world featherweight champion.
That same year, he wrote and directed his first feature film entitled Diary of an unexpected journey, a road movie in Chiapas that shows the fragility of two young people who are about to transform their lives into something memorable. The feature film was theatrically released in Mexico in 2023 and is currently available on Amazon Prime Video Latin America and VIX USA.
In 2026, he completed filming ROTO (Broken), his second feature film — an emotional horror psychological thriller exploring trauma, isolation, and human fragility.
  • Producer (8 Credits)
    BROKEN2026
    Feature
    Ojalá2024
    Music Video
    Diary of an unexpected journey.2023
    Feature
    Phoenix2023
    Documentary
    Tell me, Tell me2022
    Music Video
    Lo que ves no es lo que soy2021
    Music Video
    Origen2021
    Music Video
    SAL2021
    Documentary
  • Writer (8 Credits)
    BROKEN2026
    Feature
    Ojalá2024
    Music Video
    Diary of an unexpected journey.2023
    Feature
    Tell me, Tell me2022
    Music Video
    Lo que ves no es lo que soy2021
    Music Video
    Origen2021
    Music Video
    SAL2021
    Documentary
    Huellas de Febrero2017
    Music Video
  • Director (8 Credits)
    BROKEN2026
    Feature
    Ojalá2024
    Music Video
    Diary of an unexpected journey.2023
    Feature
    Tell me, Tell me2022
    Music Video
    Lo que ves no es lo que soy2021
    Music Video
    Origen2021
    Music Video
    SAL2021
    Documentary
    Huellas de Febrero2017
    Music Video
College
universidad iberoamericana
19931999
Birth Date
May 27, 1975
Nickname
Paco Álvarez
Birth City
Ciudad de México
Current City
Ciudad de México
Hometown
Ciudad de México
Height
6´2 1/2 ´´
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
Mexican
Eye Color
Brown
Zodiac Sign
Gemini
Married To
Dulce María Espinosa
Children
Luciana, María Paula, Matías y Emiliano
Mexican filmmaker, writer and producer working across documentary and fiction cinema. Director of Sal, The Serdán Brothers, The Sphere, Diary of an unexpected journey and the psychological horror thriller Broken.
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