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Chava Cartas

Chava Cartas

Director · Born 1971-09-15 · Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

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Biography

Director, photographer and screenwriter. He spent his childhood in Durango, where his mother was the state's production coordinator. During this period, photographer Alex Phillips Jr., a friend of his parents, gave him a VHS camera, with which he made his first recordings in the company of other children. After finishing high school, he tries four times, unsuccessfully, to enter the CCC and once the CUEC. He moved to Guadalajara where he worked as a photographer for video commercials and studied photography, specializing in Erotic Still Photography, at the Hospicio Cabañas (1992-1993). Later he participates in a film workshop at the San Antonio de los Baños Film School, Cuba (1998). "Chava" Cartas began in the television industry as director of photography in the soap operas "Nada Personal"/1996 and "Demasiado Corazón"/1997, for Argos. He entered the film industry with the short film Lucero/1996, which he directed and photographed. His work as a photographer and director is linked to filmmaker Fernando Sariñana, who produced and directed many of the works in which he participated as a photographer.

Directed

  1. Rosario Tijeras (Mexico) (2016) — Director
  2. Counterattack (2025) — Director
  3. Killer Women (2008) — Director
  4. MexZombies (2022) — Director
  5. El Gallo de Oro (2023) — Director
  6. Our Times (2025) — Director
  7. Mirreyes vs Godínez (2019) — Director
  8. Mirreyes contra Godínez 2: El retiro (2022) — Director
  9. Sobreviviendo mis XV (2023) — Director
  10. The Dandy (2015) — Director
  11. Thirty Something, Single and Fabulous (2016) — Director
  12. Tenants (2018) — Director
  13. Home Office: Un especial de Mirreyes contra Godínez (2020) — Director
  14. Mirreyes vs Godínez: Las Vegas (2025) — Director
  15. Borrón y Vida Nueva (2025) — Director
  16. Mirreyes contra Godínez: Un Especial de Navidad (2025) — Director
  17. Amor Xtremo (2006) — Director
  18. Sex, Love And Other Perversions II (2006) — Director
  19. Rock Marí (2010) — Director
  20. Solos en casa (2018) — Director
  21. Una Vez Más (2015) — Director
  22. El equipo (2011) — Director
  23. Facing El Chapo (2026) — Director