Luis Mandoki (born August 17, 1954) is a Mexican film director, working in Mexico and Hollywood.
Early life and education
Luis Mandoki was born on August 17, 1954 in Mexico City.
His parents are
Hungarian Jews.
He studied
Fine Arts in Mexico, and at the San Francisco Art Institute, the London College of Printing and the London International Film School. While attending this last institution, he directed his first short film
Silent Music which won an award at the International Amateur Film Festival of Cannes Film Festival in 1976.
Career
Back in Mexico, he directed short films and documentaries for the Instituto Nacional Indigenista (the National Institute for the Indigenous), Conacine (National Commission of Film) and the Centro de Produccion de Cortometraje (Center for the Production of Short Films). He received an
Ariel Award of the Mexican Academy of Film for his short film
El secreto in 1980. His film
Motel was selected to represent Mexico in film festivals around the globe in 1984.
At the age of 30, he developed, wrote, produced and directed (1987), a movie about the struggles of disability activist Gabriela Brimmer.
For the next 15 years, he filmed only in English until the critically acclaimed Voces inocentes of 2004. This film gave him a Best Director nomination for the Ariel Award in 2005. The film also received three awards and was nominated for Best Film. The film was selected to represent Mexico for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and had a box-office output of 49.4 million Mexican peso (roughly 4.5 million U.S. dollars) and was seen by 1.5 million people.
Mandoki resides in Mexico City with his wife, Olivia, and three children Camille Mandoki, Daniel and Michelle.
Filmography
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Mundo mágico (1980)
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Campeche, un estado de ánimo (1980)
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El secreto (1980)
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Papaloapan (1982)
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Motel (1984)
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(1987)
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The Edge (TV, 1989)
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White Palace (1990)
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Born Yesterday (1993)
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When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
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Message in a Bottle (1999)
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Angel Eyes (2001)
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Trapped (2002)
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Voces inocentes (2004)
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¿Quién es el señor López? (2006) (TV)
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Fraude: México 2006 (2007)
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La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas (2012)
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Presencias (2021)
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