(México City, 1964) Studied at the CUEC film school and has taught there since 1993. He also studied theater and communications at the National University of Mexico (UNAM). Casas has worked as a scriptwriter, assistant director, sound technician, actor, and director in several short films. Los retos de la democracia was nominated for an Ariel for Best Short Film by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences in 1990. His work in television includes Televisa's Hora marcada and several series for Channel 11, Channel 22, and TV UNAM, as well as commercials and music videos. He directed the feature film Un mundo raro, which was produced by the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE), the National Co-Production Fund (FOPROCINE), and the UNAM, as part of a program that supports first works by recent graduates of the CUEC film school. Un mundo raro received an honorary mention at the XVI Mexican Film Showcase in Guadalajara, and it was the closing film at the most recent edition of the Franco- Mexican Film Festival in Acapulco. It has shown in several international film festivals as well as the Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, and a retrospective on Mexican cinema, Mex-Artes, in Berlin. Nominated for an Ariel for Best First Work and Best Original Screenplay, it received a Diosa de Plata award for Best First Work, among others honors. Casas has been granted a scholarship by the National Fund for the Arts and Culture (FONCA) on two occasions, and in 2003 he received the UNAM Award for Young Scholars and Artists, the university's highest merit award. His short film Para vestir santos, winner of IMCINE's Third National Short Film Contest in 2003, was selected to form part of Tous les Cinémas du Monde at the 58° Cannes International Film Festival and has been part of more than thirty festivals worldwide. More recently, his documentary TV series on contemporary Mexican cartoons, De oficio monero, aired on Channel 11. He is currently working on a feature film on intolerance, which is influenced by the debates on the liberalization of the abortion law and the new law of domestic partnerships in Mexico City. Since 2004, he is the director of the National University's CUEC film school.
(México City, 1964) Studied at the CUEC film school and has taught there since 1993. He also studied theater and communications at the National University of Mexico (UNAM). Casas has worked as a scriptwriter, assistant director, sound technician, actor, and director in several short films. Los retos de la democracia was nominated for an Ariel for Best Short Film by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences in 1990. His work in television includes Televisa's Hora marcada and several series for Channel 11, Channel 22, and TV UNAM, as well as commercials and music videos. He directed the feature film Un mundo raro, which was produced by the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE), the National Co-Production Fund (FOPROCINE), and the UNAM, as part of a program that supports first works by recent graduates of the CUEC film school. Un mundo raro received an honorary mention at the XVI Mexican Film Showcase in Guadalajara, and it was the closing film at the most recent edition of the Franco- Mexican Film Festival in Acapulco. It has shown in several international film festivals as well as the Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, and a retrospective on Mexican cinema, Mex-Artes, in Berlin. Nominated for an Ariel for Best First Work and Best Original Screenplay, it received a Diosa de Plata award for Best First Work, among others honors. Casas has been granted a scholarship by the National Fund for the Arts and Culture (FONCA) on two occasions, and in 2003 he received the UNAM Award for Young Scholars and Artists, the university's highest merit award. His short film Para vestir santos, winner of IMCINE's Third National Short Film Contest in 2003, was selected to form part of Tous les Cinémas du Monde at the 58° Cannes International Film Festival and has been part of more than thirty festivals worldwide. More recently, his documentary TV series on contemporary Mexican cartoons, De oficio monero, aired on Channel 11. He is currently working on a feature film on intolerance, which is influenced by the debates on the liberalization of the abortion law and the new law of domestic partnerships in Mexico City. Since 2004, he is the director of the National University's CUEC film school.
