Manuel Elías López Monroy

Manuel Elías López Monroy

Known for
Production
Born
November 11, 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
Mexico

Biography

Ex director (2019-2023) and actual professor at the National School of Cinematographic Arts of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Filmmaker. Master of Visual Arts and Bachelor of Graphic Communication from the National School of Plastic Arts (now the Faculty of Arts and Design). A teacher with over 30 years of experience. Graduate of the University Center for Cinematographic Studies, with specialization at the School of Social Communications of the Catholic University of Milan, Italy, and specialization in filmmaking at the Experimental Cinematography Center in Rome, Italy, under the guidance of Sergio Leone. He obtained third place in the First National Feature Film Script Contest organized by IMCINE with his script "Navegantes del Río Churubusco." His short film "Complesso da camera" was presented at the Venice International Film Festival, and his film "El centro del laberinto" was nominated for the Ariel Awards. He is responsible for the PAPIME projects "Implementation of a Center for the Production of Interactive Teaching Material in Digital Media to support academic activities and promotion at ENAP" and "Construction of Cultural Imaginaries and Spatial Representation in Artistic Manifestations linked to 19th century Mexico." Currently, he is a PhD candidate in Art History at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, UNAM.

Known For

Filmography

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4’33”

4’33”

Movie · Producer

2026
Uprising poster

Uprising

Movie · Producer

2025
Goodbye, Love poster

Goodbye, Love

Movie · Producer

2025
High Voltage Superhighway poster

High Voltage Superhighway

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
The Noise of Time poster

The Noise of Time

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Blooming poster

Blooming

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Forbidden Songs of the Earth poster

Forbidden Songs of the Earth

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Wild Chrysanthemums Between the Pages of My Journal I Put a Flower poster

Wild Chrysanthemums Between the Pages of My Journal I Put a Flower

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Through the Window poster

Through the Window

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Self-Complacency poster

Self-Complacency

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Ángel poster

Ángel

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Empty Shelves poster

Empty Shelves

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
The Good Being poster

The Good Being

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Drowning poster

Drowning

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Return poster

Return

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
The Night poster

The Night

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Wanted poster

Wanted

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
The Black Dog poster

The Black Dog

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Abyss poster

Abyss

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Moo poster

Moo

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
África poster

África

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
A Secret Place poster

A Secret Place

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Strings poster

Strings

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Leda in the Elevator poster

Leda in the Elevator

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Naucalpan poster

Naucalpan

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Algo que hacer mientras decidíamos que hacer poster

Algo que hacer mientras decidíamos que hacer

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Not Forever on Earth poster

Not Forever on Earth

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Being Seen poster

Being Seen

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Silence After Storm poster

Silence After Storm

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Don't Go Yet poster

Don't Go Yet

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Particulars in the Abbys poster

Particulars in the Abbys

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
The Dark Night of the Soul poster

The Dark Night of the Soul

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
The Phantom Liberty poster

The Phantom Liberty

Movie · Production Executive

2022
Orpheus poster

Orpheus

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Lost Time poster

Lost Time

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
Se habla de Gabriel poster

Se habla de Gabriel

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
One Way Trip poster

One Way Trip

Movie · Executive Producer