Federico "Fede" Álvarez (born February 9, 1978) is a Uruguayan director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing "Evil Dead" (2013), "Don't Breathe" (2016), "The Girl in the Spider's Web" (2018) and "Alien: Romulus" (2024). He is the co-founder of film and television production company Bad Hombre.
In space, no one can hear you scream! the catchy slogan that accompanies Alien sums up the unprecedented stakes of this film that will mark the history of cinema. In 1979, for the first time on screens, a mainstream feature film will mix two distinct worlds of genre cinema: science fiction and horror. Ridley Scott forever shakes up the cinematic landscape by plunging the audience into anguish with his oppressive universe and his iconic monster. The documentary looks back at the lasting impact of this masterpiece, exploring Scott’s audacity and the genesis of his unique aesthetic. In the claustrophobic corridors of the Nostromo spaceship, the heroine, played by Sigourney Weaver, becomes the first strong female figure to redefine the conventions of the genre, far from the clichés of the time. By revisiting the film's key sequences, the documentary shows how Alien explores profound themes such as survival and dehumanization, while reflecting a scathing critique of the capitalist system.
Release Date:2025-02-21
Character:Self (archive footage)
Vote Count:2
While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
Release Date:2024-08-13
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:3351
Philipp Escott returns to the roots of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, accompanied by familiar filmmakers and critics, delving into the reasons behind the movie’s impact on an entire generation and its perpetuating legacy.
Release Date:2022-09-22
Character:Self
Vote Count:1
In this Shudder Original series, master filmmakers and genre experts celebrate and dissect the most terrifying moments of the greatest horror films ever made, exploring how these scenes were created and why they burned themselves into the brains of audiences around the world.
Release Date:2022-09-07
Character:Self
Episode Count:8
Vote Count:10
After nearly 50 years of hiding, Leatherface returns to terrorize a group of idealistic influencers who accidentally disrupt his carefully shielded world in a remote Texas town.
Release Date:2022-02-18
Department:Writing
Job:Story
Vote Count:1478
The Blind Man has been hiding out for several years in an isolated cabin and has taken in and raised a young girl orphaned from a devastating house fire. Their quiet life together is shattered when a group of criminals kidnap the girl, forcing the Blind Man to leave his safe haven to save her.
Release Date:2021-08-12
Department:Writing
Job:Characters
Vote Count:2601
Interconnected phone conversations chronicle the mysterious story of a group of strangers whose lives are thrown into disarray.
Release Date:2021-03-19
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Jesus (voice)
Episode Count:8
Vote Count:166
Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.
Release Date:2021-02-24
Department:Directing
Job:Second Unit Director
Vote Count:2320
Spain, 1970s. While a cruel dictatorship rules an eternally grey country through fear, violence, repression and censorship, María, a young dancer, dreams of bringing bright colours into her life and the lives of others, as she makes her way towards personal freedom and pursues her crazy dream of becoming a TV star; a very funny journey in which she will be comforted by the pop songs of the incomparable Italian singer and dancer Raffaella Carrà.
Release Date:2020-10-02
Department:Crew
Job:Thanks
Vote Count:69
After being enlisted to recover a dangerous computer program, hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.
Release Date:2018-10-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1380
Rosa's father escapes from a nursing home and comes back to his former house. He hides a secret, and he's not coming alone.
Release Date:2017-09-08
Department:Sound
Job:Original Music Composer
Vote Count:6
A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.
Release Date:2016-06-08
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:7501
Mia, a drug addict, is determined to kick the habit. To that end, she asks her brother, David, his girlfriend, Natalie and their friends Olivia and Eric to accompany her to their family's remote forest cabin to help her through withdrawal. Eric finds a mysterious Book of the Dead at the cabin and reads aloud from it, awakening an ancient demon. All hell breaks loose when the malevolent entity possesses Mia.
Release Date:2013-04-05
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:4670
Giant robots appear out of the mist and attack the city of Montevideo, Uruguay.
Release Date:2009-10-31
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:58
A young city couple find themselves stuck at a rural gas station after their car breaks down. An old man, disturbed by their disrespectful behavior, starts telling them a story about the importance of respect: the cautionary tale of El Cojonudo.
Release Date:2005-11-19
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:12
Two musicians share a passion for tango. After a tragedy, the young man is never the same again.
Release Date:2003-01-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Release Date:2001-01-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Described as “The Shining” set in the White House. Plot TBA.
Department:Directing
Job:Director
A pandemic, this time with zombies, with a story of a mother trying to reach her family at the center of it. The project has been described as having shades of the Will Smith zombie movie I Am Legend.
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Details TBA. To follow the continuing adventures of Rain and her android brother Andy, with the intention of taking the story "into truly uncharted waters for the franchise," according to Fede Álvarez.
Department:Directing
Job:Director
The horror and crime thriller genres collide in this new original series from Robert Rodriguez, based on his cult grindhouse classic about bank-robbing brothers on the run, a lawman bent on bringing them to justice, the devout family caught in the cross-fire, and an ancient evil eager to feast on them all.
Release Date:2014-03-11
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:334