description Carlos Bolado Overview
Carlos Bolado is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and editor whose career includes both fiction and documentary filmmaking. He shared editing responsibilities on Alfonso Cuarón's Y Tu Mamá También, a road film whose structure combines an intimate narrative with observations about Mexican society. Bolado has also directed films of his own, making him part of the generation of Mexican filmmakers active across narrative and nonfiction cinema.
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Is Carlos Bolado credited as editor on Y Tu Mamá También?
No, the principal editing credits for Alfonso Cuarón's 2001 film go to Cuarón and Alex Rodríguez. Bolado is a Mexican filmmaker and editor, but he is not listed as the editor of this road film starring Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, and Maribel Verdú. [Criterion credits](https://www.criterion.com/films/28005-y-tu-mama-tambien)
What was Carlos Bolado's feature-film directing debut?
His feature directing debut was Bajo California: El límite del tiempo in 1998. The film received seven Ariel Awards, Mexico's major national film honors. [Mexican Ministry of Culture profile](https://sic.cultura.gob.mx/ficha.php?table=cineasta&table_id=312)
Which documentary brought Carlos Bolado an Oscar nomination?
Bolado co-directed Promises, a 2001 documentary about Israeli and Palestinian children. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
What did Carlos Bolado study before becoming a filmmaker?
He studied filmmaking at CUEC and sociology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, or UNAM. Early in his career he worked as both a sound technician and an editor before directing fiction and documentaries. [Mexican Ministry of Culture profile](https://sic.cultura.gob.mx/ficha.php?table=cineasta&table_id=312)
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