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Laura Mora

Laura Mora

Known for

Directing

Born

April 20, 1981 (age 45)

Birthplace

Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

Biography

Laura Mora Ortega (Medellín, 1981) is a Colombian film director and screenwriter, recognized for her 2017 feature film Matar a Jesús, and for winning the Golden Shell at the 70th edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival, with Los reyes del mundo.

She was born in Medellín and studied high school at the German School in the same city. He studied film production and directing at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.

Before the fire is Mora's debut feature film. It was released in 2015 in theaters in Colombia. Her follow up film is Matar a Jesús. The film won a large number of national and international awards, including the EGEDA Award at the Cartagena Film Festival, the Ju...

Best known work

Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord

Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord

2012
The Great Heist

The Great Heist

2020
One Hundred Years of Solitude

One Hundred Years of Solitude

2024
Green Frontier

Green Frontier

2019
The Kings of the World

The Kings of the World

2022
Killing Jesus

Killing Jesus

2017
Before the fire

Before the fire

2015
Los hombres también lloran

Los hombres también lloran

2015
The Bed

The Bed

2020
Salomé

Salomé

2012

Filmography

  1. 2024

    One Hundred Years of SolitudeTV

    Director, Executive Producer

  2. 2022

    The Kings of the World

    Director, Writer

  3. 2020

    The Bed

    Production Executive

  4. 2020

    The Great HeistTV

    Director

  5. 2019

    Green FrontierTV

    Director

  6. 2017

    Killing Jesus

    Director, Writer

  7. 2015

  8. 2015

  9. 2014

    Entre PanasTV

    Director

  10. 2013

  11. 2012

  12. 2012

    Salomé

    Writer, Director

  13. 2006

    Brotherhood

    Producer, Editor, Writer, Director

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