Carlos Reygadas

Carlos Reygadas (born 1971 in Mexico City) attended Mount St Mary's College, Derbyshire, and later studied Law in Mexico. Afterward, he specialized in armed conflicts in London and worked for the United Nations. In 1997, Reygadas participated in a film competition in Belgium with his first short film, Maxhumain. Shortly after that, in 1999, he began writing his first long film, Japón, which he did not begin to shoot until 2001. The film was presented at the Rotterdam Film Festival and received a special mention for the Caméra d'Or award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005 Reygadas filmed Batalla en el Cielo (Battle in Heaven) assisted by Amat Escalante. It competed for the Palme d’Or at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. In 2007 Reygadas filmed Silent Light, which went on to win the Jury Prize at Cannes.