
Luis Mandoki
Biography
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Luis Mandoki (born in 1954 in Mexico City) is a Mexican film director working in 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 Gaby: A True Story, 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 for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language 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.
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Directing (17 movies)

When a Man Loves a Woman
1994

Innocent Voices
2005

Message in a Bottle
1999

Presencias
2022

Angel Eyes
2001

Trapped
2002

White Palace
1990

Born Yesterday
1993

Gaby: A True Story
1987

The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas
2012

Fraude: México 2006
2007

Motel
1984

¿Quién es el Señor López?
2006

El Secreto
1980

Mundo mágico
1983

The Edge
1989
El día en que vienen los muertos
1982
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Trapped | 2002 | Producer |
| Innocent Voices | 2005 | Writer |
| Innocent Voices | 2005 | Producer |
| Presencias | 2022 | Producer |
| City of Dreams | 2024 | Executive Producer |