José Manuel Cravioto
Mexican director and writer, known for Bound to Vengeance (2015), Mexican Gangster (2014), Olimpia (2019) and Diablero (2018).
Works
Corazonada
A group of lottery employees plan the biggest fraud in Mexican history using a powerful weapon: the magic of television.
Release Date2022-11-12
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Ingeniero de cámara
Vote Count10
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 Date2017-04-23
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count32
Vote Count1613
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 Date2024-07-30
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count42
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 Date2018-12-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count3
Vote Count187
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 Date2019-09-13
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count3
Vote Count136
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 Date2023-02-10
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count3
Vote Count11
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 Date2015-06-26
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count288
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 Date2024-07-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count17
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 Date2023-10-06
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count166
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 Date2014-11-15
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count13
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 Date2018-10-02
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count10
Malvada
A desperate mother contacts his son's ex-girlfriend to tell her that he's about to marry a wicked witch.
Release Date2022-12-29
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count20
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 Date2007-04-02
DepartmentEditing
JobEditor
Vote Count28
Rock, Weed and Wheels
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 Date2025-09-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
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 Date2010-11-12
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count8
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 Date2008-03-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
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.
Release Date2006-07-18
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
El hombre de la multitud
Enrique Metinides, renowned crime photographer, discovers his passion as a child when his camera captures a haunting image of death. This obsession with documenting tragedy shapes his career and transforms his work into art. But as a mysterious figure begins appearing in his photographs, Enrique unravels a chilling secret linking his lens to the shadows of politics and the supernatural.
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
100 Cries of Terror
Mexican feature film
Release Date2021-12-31
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector