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Fernando Urdapilleta(I)

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Writer
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Fernando Urdapilleta was born on 15 January 1977 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a director and assistant director, known for Man on Fire (2004), Estrellas solitarias (2015) and El Rey, Vicente Fernández (2022).
BornJanuary 15, 1977
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 5 nominations total

    Known for

    Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning in Man on Fire (2004)
    Man on Fire
    7.7
    • Production Department
    • 2004
    Dana Karvelas in Estrellas solitarias (2015)
    Estrellas solitarias
    6.2
    • Director
    • 2015
    Jaime Camil in El Rey, Vicente Fernández (2022)
    El Rey, Vicente Fernández
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    Every Minute Counts (2024)
    Every Minute Counts
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2024

    Credits

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    Director

    • Between Father and Son (2026)
      Between Father and Son
      4.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2026
    • Bodas S.A. (2026)
      Bodas S.A.
      6.8
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2026
    • Every Minute Counts (2024)
      Every Minute Counts
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Silvia Navarro and Michelle Rodríguez in Intercambiadas (2024)
      Intercambiadas
      6.1
      • directed by
      • 2024
    • El Rey de los Machos (2024)
      El Rey de los Machos
      5.5
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2024
    • Cassandra Sanchez Navarro in Consuelo (2024)
      Consuelo
      7.4
      TV Series
      • second unit director: Mexico
      • 2024
    • Jaime Camil in El Rey, Vicente Fernández (2022)
      El Rey, Vicente Fernández
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Consuelo Duval, Cuca Escribano, Luis Miguel Seguí, Maite Perroni, and Norma Angélica in Heirs by Accident (2020)
      Heirs by Accident
      7.6
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2020
    • La Guzmán (2019)
      La Guzmán
      6.6
      TV Series
      • segment director
      • 2019
    • Michelle Renaud in La Reina Soy Yo (2019)
      La Reina Soy Yo
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • África Zavala, Erick Chapa, and Giuseppe Gamba in Atrapada (2018)
      Atrapada
      7.0
      TV Series
      • segment director
      • 2018
    • Andrea Ortega Lee in Paquita la del Barrio (2017)
      Paquita la del Barrio
      7.7
      TV Series
      • segment director
      • 2017
    • Mexico Barbaro 2 (2017)
      Mexico Barbaro 2
      5.1
      • Director (segment "Potzonalli")
      • 2017
    • Escándalos: Todo es real excepto sus nombres (2014)
      Escándalos: Todo es real excepto sus nombres
      9.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Dana Karvelas in Estrellas solitarias (2015)
      Estrellas solitarias
      6.2
      • Director
      • 2015

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Michel Brown, Ana Lucía Domínguez, and Sebastián Martínez in The Marked Heart (2022)
      The Marked Heart
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director: México Unit
      • 2023
    • Humberto Zurita in El Galán. La TV cambió, él no (2022)
      El Galán. La TV cambió, él no
      6.7
      TV Series
      • second unit director
      • 2022
    • Andrea Ortega Lee in Paquita la del Barrio (2017)
      Paquita la del Barrio
      7.7
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 2017
    • Pastorela (2011)
      Pastorela
      6.3
      • additional second unit director
      • 2011
    • Lucho en Familia (2011)
      Lucho en Familia
      5.4
      TV Series
      • second unit director
      • 2011
    • Los Minondo (2010)
      Los Minondo
      6.9
      TV Series
      • second unit director
      • first assistant director
      • 2010
    • De la infancia (2010)
      De la infancia
      6.8
      • first assistant director
      • 2010
    • Los simuladores (2008)
      Los simuladores
      8.5
      TV Series
      • second unit director
      • first assistant director
      • 2008–2009
    • Virgingate (2008)
      Virgingate
      6.0
      • second assistant director
      • 2008
    • Más que a nada en el mundo (2006)
      Más que a nada en el mundo
      6.7
      • second assistant director
      • 2006
    • Mi hermano
      6.5
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2005
    • Luz difusa
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2005
    • Ya ni Pedro Pablo (2003)
      Ya ni Pedro Pablo
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2003

    Writer

    • Mexico Barbaro 2 (2017)
      Mexico Barbaro 2
      5.1
      • Writer (segment "Potzonalli")
      • 2017
    • Dana Karvelas in Estrellas solitarias (2015)
      Estrellas solitarias
      6.2
      • Writer
      • writer
      • 2015
    • Cosita linda (2008)
      Cosita linda
      6.5
      Short
      • screenplay
      • 2008
    • Irma González: Madre de todas las reinas
      4.0
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2006
    • Vive en nuestros corazones
      Short
      • screenplay
      • 2005
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Personal details

    • Born
      • January 15, 1977
      • Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

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