Biography

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.
- IMDb mini biography by: Avatar Publicity