Alejandra Márquez Abella
Born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico in 1982, she studied filmmaking at the Centre d’Estudis Cinematogràfics de Catalunya in Barcelona. Her debut feature film, Semana Santa, and her second film, The Good Girls, both premiered at Toronto, the latter going on to screen at several festivals around the world and being nominated for 14 Mexican Academy of Film Awards. She has been working for television for more than a decade, including directing two episodes of the Narcos: Mexico series. El norte sobre el vacío is her third feature-length film.
Acting
Crew
TV
Narcos: Mexico
Director
2018
Movie
A Million Miles Away
Screenplay
2023
Movie
The Good Girls
Director
2019
Movie
Northern Skies Over Empty Space
Writer
2022
TV
Sierra Madre: No Trespassing
Director
2024
Movie
Semana Santa
Director
2015
TV
The LIberation
Executive Producer
2025
Movie
Mal de tierra
Director
2011
Untitled Mennonite Crime Thriller
Director