José Manuel Cravioto

Mexican director and writer, known for Bound to Vengeance (2015), Mexican Gangster (2014), Olimpia (2019) and Diablero (2018).

Works

La caja de Yamasaki

Diego lives trapped in a world of adults. His life revolves around his grandmother's house and walks in the company of his father and stepmother. When Diego meets the magician Yamasaki, he decides to make the most important decision of his life.

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Cars, Weed, And Rock & Roll

In 1971, two young entrepeneurs decide to organize a race car with lots of indie rock bands livening up the event in Avandaro, Mexico. When only 25 thousand tickets are sold but more than 200 thousand people arrive, things start to get out of control.

Release Date:2025-12-31

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Women in Blue
7.6

Women in Blue

In 1971, four women defy ultraconservative norms and join Mexico's first female police force—only to discover that it's a publicity stunt to distract the media from a serial killer. As the body count grows, they make a pact to bring the killer to justice.

Release Date:2024-07-30

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:38

7.1

Come Into My Life

After a series of romantic and professional disappointments, Eugenia decides to become an influencer in order to put a new spin on her life

Release Date:2024-07-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:12

5.8

A Deadly Invitation

Eccentric millionaire Olivia sends her half sister Agatha, and a group of old acquaintances, a mysterious invitation for a weekend on her yacht, where they will discover the true motive behind this invitation: the celebration of… a murder?

Release Date:2023-10-06

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:159

El colapso
7.3

El colapso

An exploration of the societal consequences when a nation's financial, technological, political, and environmental systems collapse. Told in eight stand-alone episodes filmed in one continuous shot.

Release Date:2023-02-10

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:3

Vote Count:11

7.8

Malvada

A desperate mother contacts his son's ex-girlfriend to tell her that he's about to marry a wicked witch.

Release Date:2022-12-29

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:20

5.5

Corazonada

A group of lottery employees plan the biggest fraud in Mexican history using a powerful weapon: the magic of television.

Release Date:2022-11-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Ingeniero de cámara

Vote Count:9

100 Cries of Terror

Mexican feature film

Release Date:2021-12-31

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Monarca
7.5

Monarca

After 20 years, Ana María returns to Mexico and vies for control of her family's tequila empire as it threatens to crumble under corruption and secrets.

Release Date:2019-09-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:3

Vote Count:134

Diablero
7.3

Diablero

A young priest enlists the help of a demon hunter and a paranormal expert to search for a kidnapped girl in the underworld of Mexico City.

Release Date:2018-12-21

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:3

Vote Count:184

6.5

Olimpia

The film tells the story of Raquel, Rodolfo and Hernán, members of a brigade at the UNAM during the student movement in Mexico in 1968. Through their photographs, films and writings, we will know the history of the day that the army took the university and how their students united, shouted and never forgot.

Release Date:2018-10-02

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:10

El Chapo
7.5

El Chapo

A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power of during the '90s and his ultimate downfall in 2016.

Release Date:2017-04-23

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:32

Vote Count:1595

5.7

Bound to Vengeance

A young woman, Eve, fights back and manages to escape a malicious abductor. However, after discovering she may not be the only victim, Eve unravels a darker truth and decides to turn the tables on her captor.

Release Date:2015-06-26

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:281

6.5

Mexican Gangster

Tells the story of the most prominent bank robber in the history of Mexico, his crimes, his different personalities, his career as a charro with a mariachi band, his getaways and the strange relationship he had with the one who finally came to stop him. Based on the true story of Alfredo Ríos Galeana.

Release Date:2014-11-15

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:13

6.5

Continue Being: Café Tacvba

A rock band traveling many places of the world, and on planes, buses, in hotels and dressing rooms we discover the creative process that brings them together, their friendship, frustrations and the desire of still being a rock band, the most important rock band in Mexico, on the year that they celebrate 20 years of being Café Tacvba.

Release Date:2010-11-12

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:8

6.3

Los últimos héroes de la península

Legend says once there were five world boxing champions living at the same time, in the same city of the Yucatan Peninsula. Common people felt proud about them, since they recognized these were men who came from their same background; they called them “The last Mayan Warriors”. This is the story of the lives —with their bitter moments and sweet victories— of these boxers who once had it all… but who also lost it all.

Release Date:2008-03-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:3

7.2

Blue Eyelids

Marina wins a paradise vacation for two, but when she realizes that she has no one to bring along, she decides to invite a stranger named Victor. The pair soon discovers that true love depends more on compatibility rather than idyllic scenery.

Release Date:2007-04-02

Department:Editing

Job:Editor

Vote Count:26

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