Luis Mandoki

Luis Mandoki (born in 1954 in Mexico City) is a film director of the Cinema of Mexico and Hollywood.

Luis Mandoki 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.

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). In 1980 he received an Ariel Award of the Mexican Academy of Film for his short film "El secreto". Four years later, his film "Motel" was selected to represent Mexico in film festivals around the globe.

At the age of 30 he developed, wrote, produced and directed "", a movie about the struggles of handicapped Gaby Brimer. This film was nominated for both the Academy and Golden Globe Awards. 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 in the Academy Awards for "Best Foreign Film" and had a box-office output of 49.4 million pesos (roughly 4.5 million U.S. dollars) and was seen by 1.5 million people.

Luis Mandoki currently resides in Mexico City with his wife, Olivia, and three children Camille, Daniel and Michelle.

Awards

Ariel Award in 1980

*"Best director" for "El secreto"

Films

* "" (2007)
* "¿Quién es el señor López?" (2006) (TV)
* "The Winged Boy" (2006)
* "One More Day for Hiroshima" (2005)
* "Amapola" (2005)
* "Voces inocentes" (2004)
* "The Edge" (2003)
* "Trapped" (2002)
* "Angel Eyes (2001)
* "Amazing Grace" (2000)
* "Message in a Bottle" (1999)
* "When a Man Loves a Woman" (1994)
* "Born Yesterday" (1993)
* "White Palace" (1990)
* "The Edge" (TV, 1989)
* "" (1987)
* "Motel" (1984)
* "Papaloapan" (1982)
* "El secreto" (1980)
* "Campeche, un estado de ánimo" (1980)
* "Mundo mágico" (1980)

External links

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* [http://www.sdlatinofilm.com/Special%20Guest/LuisMandoki.html Luis Mandoki] at the San Diego Latino Film Festival
* [http://www.filmbug.com/db/35783 Luis Mandoki] at Filmbug
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4507448780267832992&q=AMLO Videostream of Who is Mr. Lopez]