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Sandra Becerril (Author)
Sandra Becerril Mexican writer and screenwriter, nominated for Ariel 2020 for Best Adapted Screenplay, Doctor Honoris Causa by the Ibero-American Congress of Education in Peru, member of the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences, member of the Editorial Board of the Directorate of Publications in Coneculta ( 2021) and is part of the writing team for HBO LATAM. She is the first Mexican screenwriter to write for the masters of horror in Hollywood.She has published 43 novels with Alfaguara, Random House, Beek and Amarante, among other publishers, in ten countries, among which are: Valley of Fire, Your Corpse in the Snow, Before of me, The Street of the Witches, Dark City, The silence of all the dead, etc. which have been deserving of 19 international recognitions in the literary area such as the Auguste Dupin Prize for Black Novels and Social Denunciation (Spain), MiNatura (Cuba), A writer is wanted (Editorial Otro tipo, Mexico) and support such as "Together” for her film work, podcast and educational work (Fonca).She has credit of 44 productions with scripts of her authorship, including films and series, which have won awards around the world, screened at prestigious festivals, being films on the opening or closing night at Fantasia (Montreal), Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival (Strasbourg), Stiges (Spain), Macabro (Mexico), among others, as well as commercial runs in Mexico, the United States, Japan, Germany, Russia, Canada and Australia.Among her most recognized scripts are "Están Aquí" (best script award at Feratum Film Festival, 2014), the documentaries "War and Compassion" (UNESCO 2012) and "Será por eso" (Juan Carlos Rulfo, 2010); the television series “Café, Café”, “Remix” (Televisa, 2013), “Campus de sombras” (Televisa, 2014), “El Departamento” (Televisa, 2014), “Hora libre” (Televisa, 2015), “ Never leave me” (Televisa, 2016), “Feroz” (Televisa, 2017), “Embrujado” (Televisa, 2018) all recorded and directed by Alfredo Gurrola and produced by Eugenio Cobo, “Reflejos” (Estrella Medina, Mexico 2021) . The feature film “Santiago, apostle” (Alan Coton Co-production Spain-USA 2015), the adaptation of her novel “From your hell”, (Alexis Pérez Montero. Mexico, 2015. Best Screenplay Award at Feratum Film Festival, 2016 and Best Film Feratum, 2016, Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay at ARIEL 2020; the unpublished script “En los tiempos de mi general” (International Workshop for Improvement of Cinematographic Script IMCINE and Section of Authors and Adapters of the STPC, 2014, Winner of the Oaxaca Film Festival, 2019, winner of the Independent Talents Film Festival in the category of Best International Screenplay - United States, 2019, winner of the Los Angeles Feedback Screenplay Festival -2019 and winner of Best International Screenplay at the Global India International Film Festival- India, 2019 ) and the feature film “Nightmare Cinema”, directed by Mick Garris, Joe Dante, David Slade, produced by Mickey Rourke (United States, 2017).Specialized in the horror and thriller genres, she has directed four feature films and four television series with great success.She has been jury for feature films and scripts at 61 horror festivals and important awards around the world, including Ariel (Mexico), Goya (Spain), Fantasia (Montreal), Horror (New York), Feratum (Mexico), Terror Córdoba (Argentina), Macabro (Mexico), FantLatam (Latin America) among others.imdb.me/sandrabecerrilRead more about this authorRead less about this author
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