María de los Ángeles Guadalupe Castro Gurría teaches acting at the CCC film school. She studied film direction and acting at the National University's CUT (Center for Theater). She has acted extensively on stage and television and has directed several plays, including True West by Sam Shepard, which won the Best Newcomer award for directors given by the Mexican Association of Theater Critics. She taught an acting workshop during the shooting of Like Water for Chocolate, directed by Alfonso Arau, and has been teaching at the CCC since 1984. In May of 1997, she began to work at the CCC's Office of Academic Services and by August of 2000 she was appointed general director of the film school. In October of 2003, she staged Margarite Duras' Ágata, produced by the CUT. As director of the CCC, Castro Gurría has produced the following feature films: De ida y vuelta (Salvador Aguirre); Seres humanos (Jorge Aguilera); Recuerdos (Marcela Arteaga); Pachito Rex (Fabian Hoffman); Noticias lejanas (Ricardo Benet), and 1973 (Antonino Isordia).
María de los Ángeles Guadalupe Castro Gurría teaches acting at the CCC film school. She studied film direction and acting at the National University's CUT (Center for Theater). She has acted extensively on stage and television and has directed several plays, including True West by Sam Shepard, which won the Best Newcomer award for directors given by the Mexican Association of Theater Critics. She taught an acting workshop during the shooting of Like Water for Chocolate, directed by Alfonso Arau, and has been teaching at the CCC since 1984. In May of 1997, she began to work at the CCC's Office of Academic Services and by August of 2000 she was appointed general director of the film school. In October of 2003, she staged Margarite Duras' Ágata, produced by the CUT. As director of the CCC, Castro Gurría has produced the following feature films: De ida y vuelta (Salvador Aguirre); Seres humanos (Jorge Aguilera); Recuerdos (Marcela Arteaga); Pachito Rex (Fabian Hoffman); Noticias lejanas (Ricardo Benet), and 1973 (Antonino Isordia).
