Laura Mora

Director, Producer, Writer, Actor

April 20, 1981 (45 years)
Laura Mora Ortega (Medellín, 1981) is a Colombian film director and screenwriter, recognized for her 2017 feature film Matar a Jesús, and for winning the Golden Shell at the 70th edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival, with Los reyes del mundo.

He was born in Medellín and studied high school at the German School in the same city. He studied film production and directing at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.

Before the fire is Mora's debut feature film. It was released in 2015 in theaters in Colombia. Her follow up film is Matar a Jesús. The film won a large number of national and international awards, including the EGEDA Award at the Cartagena Film Festival, the Jury Prize for Best First Film and the Casa de las Américas Award at the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana, the Eroski Youth Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival and the Roger Ebert Award at the Chicago Film Festival.

Known For

  • One Hundred Years of Solitude
    One Hundred Years of Solitude2 seasons
  • The Great Heist
    The Great Heist1 season
  • Green Frontier
    Green Frontier8 episodes
  • The Kings of the World
    The Kings of the World2022
  • Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord
    Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord1 season
  • Killing Jesus
    Killing Jesus2017
  • Before the fire
    Before the fire2015

Filmography

2024
One Hundred Years of Solitude · as Executive Producer

2005
1991
Movie Days · as Self - Interviewee

2022
Te la dedico · as Cast
2018
God Has His Ways · as Cast