Erik Mariñelarena

Erik Mariñelarena Herrera (born January 10, 1977 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican director, screenwriter, editor, and producer. In a career spanning two decades, Mariñelarena has made twelve feature films. including Beyond the Summit: Learning to Fly (2011) - First Mexican IMAX production, Hotel Chelsea (2009), The Cosmonaut (2013) and NASA: AzTechSat-1 (2023); as well as several series for television and streaming. His work has been praised by audiences and critics alike, which earned him multiple accolades, including Emmy Award, Sundance and Cannes. He is also the founder of the Mexican production company E Corp Studio.

Works

From Inside

Carmen Altamirano was buried alive at 2 years old by her parents. 30 years later, she will have to dig up her past.

Release Date:2023-11-02

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

The Caravan

We accompanied an 8 months pregnant Yuri, who migrates with her partner Mike and her son Santi with one objective, to give birth in USA

Release Date:2023-06-10

Department:Production

Job:Co-Producer

AzTechSat-1

NASA film documenting the launch and commissioning of AzTechSat-1, a pioneering one-to-one communications satellite in space.

Release Date:2023-01-10

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

One path one collection | Agueda Lozano

The sculptor and painter Agueda Lozano narrates the first contacts with plastic art that she had in her native Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua; her stay in France and how was her arrival in Europe; her return to Mexico, and her participation in important exhibitions and sculpture projects, among which the definitive insertion sculpture that she inaugurated in the Plaza de México in Paris stands out. Likewise, she talks about her works in the Payment in Kind Collection, about the characters that promoted and inspired her in her career, and about her aesthetic proposals and creation techniques.

Release Date:2022-09-24

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Maybe yes, maybe no.

A modern love story to the rhythm of rock in Mexico City.

Release Date:2022-03-31

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Vote Count:1

Art From Art

Experimental research and dissemination documentary about current contemporary art that compiles the opinions, experiences and anecdotes of artists, gallery owners, curators, museum directors and experts.

Release Date:2022-03-25

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

The Oxford Knight

L. M. Guerra, Knight of the University of Oxford; he tries to save our world, spreading the secrets that have been revealed to him.

Release Date:2022-03-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

The Red Queen

A look at Palenque's best kept secret: The Red Queen.

Release Date:2022-02-27

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Psychotherapy

An interesting talk with Dr. Eusebio Rubio-Aurioles, about the current state of psychotherapy.

Release Date:2022-02-06

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Marketplaces

Apart from being a feast for the senses and meeting places for noisy human swarms in search of all kinds of merchandise, the markets contain stories and characters that give them unique characters. This documentary series proposes a journey through thirteen of the most representative of Mexico City to get to know them from within.

Release Date:2021-09-28

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Episode Count:13

Mashup

A fun journey through the classics of musical theater.

Release Date:2021-09-01

Department:Editing

Job:Color Grading

Yóllotl: Heart

The story focuses on the resilience of a girl in the face of the loss of her grandfather.

Release Date:2021-08-11

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

The Path of the Dead

The Day of the Dead is one of the most deeply rooted and celebrated traditions in our country and when this festivity takes place in a magical town, the event becomes something memorable. The Day of the Dead tradition in Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca begins on October 27 with the arrival of the chá to xo´o´ and the celebration lasts six days. Hand in hand with its inhabitants, we will take a tour to witness all the colors, smells, flavors, sounds, textures, and visions that surround this ancestral festival and that of the Mazatecs.

Release Date:2020-11-02

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Living Art

Our citizen space accommodates a large number of artistic manifestations that account for the way in which their authors interpret the context in which they are immersed. Living Art is a series of 10 chapters that seeks to be the reflection of the views of those who through art pay new ways of interpreting the world but above all to share their interests, their passions as well as their likes and dislikes which are a fundamental part of his inspiration, thus focusing on his human side.

Release Date:2020-06-14

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Episode Count:26

Vote Count:1

Learn to Grow Old

Learning to age gives a new meaning to old age, not as the end of life, but the beginning of a new stage that we can design to be enriching and enjoyable.

Release Date:2019-10-06

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:61

Vote Count:1

Beat MX

In this series we will learn about the musical proposals of 10 different producers of electronic and experimental music, as well as the context in which they operate, what their desires and searches are that make their music something special that allows them to build their own identity and a public.

Release Date:2018-12-21

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Episode Count:10

Sophie's Wisdom

Sofía tries to decide which is the most important virtue of all, while Faith, Justice and Charity try to gain her attention.

Release Date:2018-12-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

The Blue Years

Rubén tries to describe the color blue as "The color of dreams, of art, of the ocean and of the firmament", thereby unleashing half a century of poetry.

Release Date:2018-11-17

Department:Editing

Job:Editor

Cygnus

An astronomer who works at the Mexican Large Millimeter Telescope discovers a misterious signal coming from the Cygnus constellation, which starts causing strange events at the observatory.

Release Date:2018-11-02

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Vote Count:7

The Thought Of Art

Research and dissemination documentary-film about contemporary art in which more than 30 staff members of museums and galleries, visual and sound artists, collectors, art critics and curators share their knowledge and give an account of their experiences and anecdotes.

Release Date:2017-09-06

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Ruth

Young teenager Sofia is entering the difficult world of high school. Her perspective of her world changes when she meets the exciting and mysterious Ruth, who changes everything.

Release Date:2017-06-02

Department:Editing

Job:Editor

Backstage

The organization of an art exhibition, the curatorship, the staging of a play, are complex and multidisciplinary practices that demand creativity, research and rigor. This series reflects on the possibilities to carry out these activities.

Release Date:2016-06-28

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Episode Count:2

Checkmate

Edgar finds himself in the middle of a cafe robbery, but little by little he discovers that there is more to it than meets the eye.

Release Date:2016-01-26

Department:Editing

Job:Editor

Universal Prayer

We seek to find the inner light of each one and thus turn on new lights, to leave the paths illuminated, so as not to walk blindly and alone. It is having a real awareness of our actions, that our life is a commitment and that if each one of us acts, a great change will be seen in the world. The power of life is to give us existence.

Release Date:2015-03-20

Department:Editing

Job:Editor

Come Play

A thriller involving three unsolved paranormal mysteries in Mexico, and an investigator trying to find the truth.

Release Date:2014-09-07

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:2

Broken Skin

A teenage boy, Diego, connects with his teenage ex girlfriend, Karina, and they rekindle their sex life, but their past has another face that eludes them. Both will be forced to face it.

Release Date:2014-08-21

Department:Production

Job:Post Producer

Vote Count:5

Long Live Death!

Aurelio is an eight year old boy whose mother is very sick. One night, he sees her crossing a door, when he follows her, Aurelio finds himself in the world of the dead. There, he finds "La muerte" (The death), who then becomes his mentor and helps him finding his mom. When he finally finds her, he must decide whether go back to his world or stay there with his mom.

Release Date:2014-06-18

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

On the Shore

After father's death, Alejandro takes a trip back home. It's a journey that leads to reconciliation with the past, to understand the loss and appreciate what is important in life.

Release Date:2014-05-22

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Peach

How are biographies charted? How is identity constructed? Can we relive our past, reinvent it, rearrange or recycle it? Can we really know who we are if we ignore where do we come from?

Release Date:2014-03-26

Department:Production

Job:Co-Producer

Anything Else Than Air

This film explores the consequences of the decisions we take and shows those things which really matter. After leaving his wife and children and promising he would be back, a man lives in a tent at a Mexico City park. There, he earns his living by selling balloons. After 30 years, he needs to fulfill his promise and return home. Will his family accept him back? Is he going to be able to change a life on the streets for the comfort of his home?

Release Date:2014-03-12

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:3

Live

A montage that is reproduced as a series of vignettes. Showing the life of any guy, since the first day he becomes independent, to the day he succeeds with his family.

Release Date:2014-01-25

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Pause

Four characters face off in different real life scenarios, with an unexpected twist.

Release Date:2013-11-27

Department:Editing

Job:Color Grading

Longing

Moni lost her parents in an accident. The sadness she felt was not relieved with time. One day she got a visit, it was her parents. They told her: "there is a way to get back together". Now Moni will show us her desire is real.

Release Date:2013-10-15

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

A Barter

On an ordinary school day, Garcia meets a nameless girl, who hides a dark secret.

Release Date:2013-08-17

Department:Camera

Job:Director of Photography

Whispers

What starts out as a fantasy, could just be reality.

Release Date:2013-08-02

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Along Came a Catdidate

When Sergio Chamorro and Daniel Cruz declared their cat Morris an eligible candidate in the municipal elections of Mexico's state of Veracruz, they thought of it as a joke. But the cat's surging popularity on social media made them reconsider. Now a leading candidate, Morris's political opponents are urging citizens not to vote for the feline.

Release Date:2013-07-04

Department:Production

Job:Producer

The Cosmonaut

In 1975, the first Russian cosmonaut on the Moon is unable to make his way back and is declared missing in space.

Release Date:2013-05-17

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:19

The Frame

A journey through the world of classic and contemporary cinema.

Release Date:2013-04-09

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:1

Ismael

Ismael, widower of his beloved wife Teresa, walks the streets of the city in search of cardboard, in his extensive travels he has confrontations with Juan - a mental patient who thinks he is a dog and with Luigi - the most famous baker in the city. , who always scolds her daughter, because she did not inherit his gift in baking. But the destiny of these people is about to change, thanks to a magical event that Ismael will unleash.

Release Date:2012-12-31

Department:Production

Job:Post Producer

Unlimited...

The Mexico City Metropolitan Train has many stories to tell: from archaeological findings during its construction, its underground museums and hospitals, and even its patents and special maintenance services. These are some of their stories.

Release Date:2012-12-05

Department:Editing

Job:Color Grading

Episode Count:16

Aranzazú, a memory of ruins

The celebration of a city is held every year and nostalgia is the main guest. Around the city there is nothing but ruins and in the distance, four men walk the streets of a city that was once great.

Release Date:2012-04-05

Department:Art

Job:Art Designer

Beyond the Summit: Learning to Fly

In some of the most extraordinary natural landscapes in Mexico, a group of mountaineers have set out to explore a world labeled as impossible, but from a space reserved only for birds.

Release Date:2011-11-11

Department:Editing

Job:Editor

Vote Count:1

I Want to Know the Truth

This history talks about two different ways of seen a terrible situation. One is about guilty, how some times we are so inside ourselves that we don't realize that the people near to us could be feeling terribly bad. But it also shows that sometimes we feel guilty about something that wasn't in our hands.

Release Date:2011-07-30

Department:Production

Job:Post Producer

12th Warrior

A documentary that tries to explain the reason for the passion of the Mexican football fandom.

Release Date:2011-06-17

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

For How Long?

A family lives a paranormal experience.

Release Date:2011-02-11

Department:Production

Job:Post Producer

Double Blood

Guillermo's unfortunate encounter with a vampire causes him to spend an eternity searching for her for all the wrong reasons.

Release Date:2010-12-10

Department:Editing

Job:Color Grading

Who's there?

Ema tries to recover her memory, while a man in black threatens her, without knowing why.

Release Date:2010-12-08

Department:Editing

Job:Editor

Serial Comic No.1: Obsession

Alfredo is a man captivated by the fetishism that human eyes cause him, his obsession will be taken to the limit, when he meets Jessica, the new neighbor.

Release Date:2010-08-22

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Life Insurance

A father intends to save the life of his own son, by paying out a new type of suicide life insurance.

Release Date:2010-01-29

Department:Editing

Job:Editor

In Another Dimension

A Musical Journey in the Multiverse.

Release Date:2009-12-10

Department:Visual Effects

Job:VFX Artist

Vote Count:1

Hotel Chelsea

A Japanese couple honeymoon at the Chelsea Hotel in New York. That night the wife finds her husband's dead body and a video tape of the brutal murder. A NYPD Detective, first at the murder scene, attempts to get to the bottom of the mystery of the murder in the locked room.

Release Date:2009-11-15

Department:Production

Job:Post Producer

Attack of the Show Geek!

A Talk-Show about Cult Movies, Sci-Fi Series and Geek World Secrets.

Release Date:2009-10-24

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Character:Self - Host

Episode Count:12

I Never Wanted to Dance

A youth romance that begins and ends during the adventures of summer.

Release Date:2008-07-17

Department:Production

Job:Post Producer

An Ally in Time

Death lurks in every corner and time is running out for Don Eulalio, who has been escaping from his hands for a long time.

Release Date:2008-06-21

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Alone

When you meet the love of your life at a party, but it's not your partner...

Release Date:2008-05-29

Department:Production

Job:Post Producer

Mateo's Night

The world of dreams keeps Mateo locked up, will he be able to wake up?

Release Date:2008-04-07

Department:Production

Job:Post Producer

A glass of red wine...

A teacher of 30 years is in love with her student. While she wait with dinner ready, imagine several scenarios to enjoy together. But, her partner is late and she begins to suspect that he cheats; the passage of hours become a mental torture and must make a hasty decision.

Release Date:2008-03-28

Department:Production

Job:Post Producer

What I Was Yesterday

An animated adventure through time and space.

Release Date:2008-01-15

Department:Production

Job:Post Producer

Shortcut to Heaven

A modern take on the classic Cinderella tale.

Release Date:2007-10-09

Department:Production

Job:Post Producer

Vote Count:1

Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el

An unworldly and closed-minded American travels to a small village in exotic Chiapas, Mexico; at the behest of his estranged mother when his half-sister disappears during a local epidemic of kidnappings attributed to the legendary J-ok'el, the weeping woman, who drowned her own babies, centuries ago and whose spirit has returned to claim more children as her own.

Release Date:2007-03-02

Department:Production

Job:Post Producer

Vote Count:28

Faith

A bridge is falling, and now just one hero can save us... what if he make a mistake?.

Release Date:2004-01-10

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Story of a Mother

In the coldest night, Death takes the life of a child, his mother will do everything to get him back, even losing everything she has.

Release Date:2003-08-02

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:1

Amongst the Shoes

A boy suspects that something lives in his closet, the moment for confirming it, has arrived.

Release Date:2002-11-02

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Metamorphic

Octavio Ocampo is the creator of the metamorphic style painting technique, a technique of overlapping and juxtaposing realistic and figurative details within the images he creates. This is his story.

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Astral

The story of Astral, champion show jumping and his path to national competitions.

Release Date:2002-03-30

Department:Production

Job:Producer

The Power of One

Naturalist, Alex Valdez, and a team of young documentary filmmakers will take us on an adventure to discover an unknown ecological sanctuary deep in the jungles of Colombia, where an anonymous conservationist, who goes simply by the name Jorge, is replanting a rain forest from a deforested piece of land and creating a home for a variety of endangered animals. This film is the first step in our mission to showcase the hundreds of unknown conservationists around the globe and inspire a whole generation to believe in the power of one.

Department:Production

Job:Co-Producer