Luis Mandoki

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Luis Mandoki (born in 1954 in Mexico City) is a Mexican film director working in Mexico and Hollywood. Luis Mandoki studied Fine Arts in Mexico and at the San Francisco Art Institute, the London College of Printing, and the London International Film School. While attending this last institution he directed his first short film Silent Music which won an award at the International Amateur Film Festival of Cannes Film Festival in 1976. Back in Mexico he directed short films and documentaries for the Instituto Nacional Indigenista (the National Institute for the Indigenous), Conacine (National Commission of Film) and the Centro de Produccion de Cortometraje (Center for the Production of Short Films). In 1980 he received an Ariel Award of the Mexican Academy of Film for his short film El secreto. Four years later, his film Motel was selected to represent Mexico in film festivals around the globe. At the age of 30 he developed, wrote, produced and directed Gaby: A True Story, a movie about the struggles of handicapped Gaby Brimer. This film was nominated for both the Academy and Golden Globe Awards. For the next 15 years he filmed only in Englis…

Directed

1. Message in a Bottle (1999) — Director
2. Trapped (2002) — Director
3. Innocent Voices (2005) — Director
4. Angel Eyes (2001) — Director
5. When a Man Loves a Woman (1994) — Director
6. White Palace (1990) — Director
7. Presencias (2022) — Director
8. The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas (2012) — Director
9. Born Yesterday (1993) — Director
10. Gaby: A True Story (1987) — Director
11. Motel (1984) — Director
12. Mundo mágico (1983) — Director
13. Fraude: México 2006 (2007) — Director
14. ¿Quién es el Señor López? (2006) — Director
15. The Edge (1989) — Director
16. El Secreto (1980) — Director
17. El día en que vienen los muertos (1982) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Conversando con Cristina Pacheco (1997) — Luis Mandoki
2. Léemelo (2022) — Self