About

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29
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Place of birth:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Issa López

Overview

Issa López is a Mexican director, writer and producer. Twelve Spanish language features have been produced from her scripts, four of them directed by herself. She has won several literary awards, including the National Novel Award granted by Mexico's Institute of Fine Arts and Literature in 2007.

In 2017, Tigers Are Not Afraid (Vuelven in Spanish) premiered at Fantastic Fest, in Austin, Texas. Written and directed by López, the film received the Best Horror Director Award, and went on to collect fifty-one awards in film festivals around the world, three Diosas de Plata, including Best Picture and Best Director, and received ten Ariel Awards nominations, of which it won two. The film earned multiple positive reviews by major trades and critics, and a rating of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes. Currently, López is developing projects with Guillermo del Toro, Noah Hawley and Jason Blum. She directed and co-wrote all episodes of the fourth installment of HBO's TV series True Detective, which aired in January and February of 2024, as True Detective: Night Country.

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Known for

Acting
2022 Something in the Dirt Actor Isabel 58
Average

Directing
2018 Everything's Gone Wrong! Directing Director 59
Average
2017 Tigers Are Not Afraid Directing Director 61
Fair
2008 Casi divas Directing Director 59
Average
2006 Personal Effects Directing Director 59
Average
Our Lady of Tears Directing Director N/A
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Lost Souls Directing Director N/A
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The Girl with a Thousand Names Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2024 Weeding Night Writing Writer 60
Fair
2018 Everything's Gone Wrong! Writing Writer 59
Average
2017 Tigers Are Not Afraid Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
2015 600 Miles Writing Writer 58
Average
2015 A la mala Writing Screenplay 64
Fair
2013 Pulling Strings Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
2012 Class Trip Writing Screenplay 58
Average
2008 Casi divas Writing Writer 59
Average
2007 Charm School Writing Story 60
Fair
2007 Charm School Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
2006 Personal Effects Writing Writer 59
Average
2003 Ladies' Night Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2001 Primer amor... tres años después Writing Adaptation 59
Average
2000 Primer Amor, a 1000 x Hora Writing Adaptation 72
Good
1999 Labyrinth of Passion Writing Writer 70
Good
Lost Souls Writing Screenplay N/A
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Our Lady of Tears Writing Screenplay N/A
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The Girl with a Thousand Names Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2018 Everything's Gone Wrong! Production Producer 59
Average
2017 Tigers Are Not Afraid Production Executive Producer 61
Fair
2014 True Detective Production Executive Producer 82
Very good