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Carlos Bolado(I)

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Carlos Bolado
Carlos Bolado is a Mexican director, writer, and Showrunner who has crafted an extensive career across feature films and television.

Bolado is best known as the director and Executive Producer of the global hit series "La Reina del Sur 3", the #1 most-watched TV series in Spanish on Netflix and the #6 most-watched series overall in the world in any language with 617 million hours viewed.

Bolado burst upon the scene with his feature directing debut "Baja California: El Limite Del Tiempo" starring Damián Alcázar and Jesùs Ochoa, which won him two prestigious Ariel Awards for editing and Best First Work. Since then, Bolado has directed acclaimed documentary and feature films including co-directing the Academy Award-nominated documentary "Promises" and writing and directing Sundance World Cinema Grand Jury Prize nominee "Only God Knows" starring Diego Luna and Alice Braga.

Bolado also wrote and directed "Colosio" starring José Maria Yazpik and Kate del Castillo, "Tlateloco", and "Verano de 68" starring Teresa Ruiz, Cassandra Ciangherotti, and Luis Ernesto Franco.

In episodic television, Bolado has directed episodes for Telemundo hits "Camelia La Texana" starring Sara Maldonado and other hit TV shows including "Who Killed Sara" (Netflix) and "Natural Born Narcos" (Telemundo). He also directed the series "Malverde" for Telemundo starring Fernando Colunga.

Starting his career as an editor, Bolado worked on "Like Water For Chocolate" directed by Afonso Arau, and served as an editing advisor for Lionsgate's Academy Award-nominated "Amores Perros" directed by Alejandro G. Iñarritu and Pantelion/Lionsgate's "Instructions Not Included" directed by and staring Eugenio Derbez.

Bolado is managed by Larry Robinson at Los Angeles and London based management/production company Avatar Entertainment.
BornFebruary 6, 1964
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BornFebruary 6, 1964
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      • 25 wins & 15 nominations total

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    Known for

    Kate del Castillo in La Reina del Sur (2011)
    La Reina del Sur
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director(2018)
    Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, and Goya Toledo in Amores Perros (2000)
    Amores Perros
    8.0
    • Editorial Department
    • 2000
    Instructions Not Included (2013)
    Instructions Not Included
    7.5
    • Editorial Department
    • 2013
    Lumi Cavazos and Marco Leonardi in Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
    Like Water for Chocolate
    7.1
    • Editor
    • 1992

    Credits

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    Director



    • Killing of a Nation
      • Director
      • Post-production



    • Kate del Castillo in La Reina del Sur (2011)
      La Reina del Sur
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019–2023
    • Natural Born Narco (2022)
      Natural Born Narco
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Pedro Fernández in Malverde: El Santo Patrón (2021)
      Malverde: El Santo Patrón
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Who Killed Sara? (2021)
      Who Killed Sara?
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Decisions: Some Win and Others Lose (2019)
      Decisions: Some Win and Others Lose
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • A Medio Siglo del México 68
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Tres Milagros (2018)
      Tres Milagros
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Descontrol (2018)
      Descontrol
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Juarez la Derrota de un Imperio (2017)
      Juarez la Derrota de un Imperio
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2017
    • La Hermandad (2016)
      La Hermandad
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Germán Valdés III, Sebastián Zurita, Vadhir Derbez, Martha Higareda, Alfonso Dosal, German Valdez, and Christian Vazquez in 3 Idiots (2017)
      3 Idiots
      4.4
      • Director (attached)
      • 2017
    • Irène Jacob, Kaori Momoi, Sofía Espinosa, Kristyan Ferrer, Mauricio García Lozano, Paulette Hernandez, and Adriana Llabres in Tales of Mexico (2016)
      Tales of Mexico
      6.9
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Pancho Villa: Se Busca Vivo o Muerto (2016)
      Pancho Villa: Se Busca Vivo o Muerto
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Damián Alcázar, Rafael Ferro, Tomás Fonzi, and Carla Ortiz in Olvidados (2014)
      Olvidados
      5.8
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Sara Maldonado and Erik Hayser in Camelia La Texana (2014)
      Camelia La Texana
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014

    Producer



    • Killing of a Nation
      • producer
      • Post-production



    • Kate del Castillo in La Reina del Sur (2011)
      La Reina del Sur
      7.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022–2023
    • Sólo Dios sabe (2006)
      Sólo Dios sabe
      6.6
      • producer
      • 2006
    • Bajo California: El límite del tiempo (1998)
      Bajo California: El límite del tiempo
      7.4
      • producer (as Carlos Bolado Muñoz)
      • 1998

    Editor



    • Damián Alcázar, Rafael Ferro, Tomás Fonzi, and Carla Ortiz in Olvidados (2014)
      Olvidados
      5.8
      • Editor
      • 2014
    • Tlatelolco, Verano de 68 (2013)
      Tlatelolco, Verano de 68
      6.3
      • Editor
      • 2013
    • Suave Patria (2012)
      Suave Patria
      4.8
      • supervising editor
      • 2012
    • Odiseo Bichir, Kate del Castillo, Daniel Giménez Cacho, and José María Yazpik in Colosio (2012)
      Colosio
      7.3
      • Editor
      • 2012
    • The Waterwheel (2012)
      The Waterwheel
      7.2
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2012
    • Erotica (2008)
      Erotica
      5.9
      • Editor
      • 2008
    • Nochebuena (2008)
      Nochebuena
      3.7
      • Editor
      • 2008
    • Sólo Dios sabe (2006)
      Sólo Dios sabe
      6.6
      • Editor
      • 2006
    • Promises (2001)
      Promises
      8.3
      • Editor
      • 2001
    • El silencio del tiempo
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2000
    • Bruno Bichir in Crónica de un desayuno (2000)
      Crónica de un desayuno
      5.2
      • Editor
      • 2000
    • Bajo California: El límite del tiempo (1998)
      Bajo California: El límite del tiempo
      7.4
      • Editor
      • 1998
    • Sin sostén (1998)
      Sin sostén
      6.6
      Short
      • Editor
      • 1998
    • Katuwira, donde nacen y mueren los sueños (1996)
      Katuwira, donde nacen y mueren los sueños
      5.2
      • Editor
      • 1996
    • On the Air (1995)
      On the Air
      6.2
      • Editor
      • 1995

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    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Carlos Bolado Muñoz
    • Height
      • 6′ 1½″ (1.87 m)
    • Born
      • February 6, 1964
      • Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico

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      Postproducing his First Feature Film. Baja California. Baja California, El Lmite del Tiempo.
    • Nickname
      • Bolex

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