Javier Colinas

Directing

Javier Colinas

Born

1978-01-23 (48)

Place of birth

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Known for

Directing

Credits

29 titles

Javier Colinas graduated as an electrical mechanical engineer from Tecnológico de Monterrey. He then moved to Los Angeles, with the interest of studying film at several of the most prestigious international schools. He studied at the New York Film Academy in 2002 and 2003, then at the University of Southern California, Extension Program, in 2003 and 2004. In 2008 he joined forces with actors Luis Ernesto Franco and Luis Arrieta and Max Blásquez to found the production company Los Güeros Films. The production company has stood out for its exploration of different film genres and has also implemented an interesting program that involves young students from the Tecnológico de Monterrey as p…

Known for

4 Moons poster
7.3

Four interwoven stories about love and self-acceptance: An eleven year-old boy struggles to keep secret the attraction he feels towards his male cousin. Two former childhood friends reunite and start a relationship that gets complicated due to one of them’s fear of getting caught. A gay long lasting relationship is in jeopardy when a third man comes along. An old family man is obsessed with a young male prostitute and tries to raise the money to afford the experience.

4 Moons

2014

Christmas Is Cancelled poster
7.3

Newlyweds Lidia and Manuel face their biggest challenge yet when they bring their wildly different families together for Christmas. As clashing personalities spark both hilarity and tension, their relationship hangs in the balance amidst the holiday chaos.

Christmas Is Cancelled

2024

The Day of the Dead Is Cancelled poster
7.3

A sudden death reunites the Garcias and San Roman. Lidia and Manuel fight for their romance, but Francisco moves into the house. Lydia's promotion means settling in Monterey. Rosa manages her husband's memory while trying to bring Jaime into her life. The two families deal with death differently and prepare for a new life.

The Day of the Dead Is Cancelled

2023

Killer Babes poster
7.2

Three girlfriends, neglected and mistreated by their husbands, plan to take revenge on them with the help of an experienced man in this type of job.

Killer Babes

2024

Grandma's Wedding poster
6.9

A dysfunctional family travels to Cuernavaca to celebrate their grandmother’s wedding.

Grandma's Wedding

2019

Mother's Day Is Cancelled poster
7.3

Lidia and Manuel are a newlywed couple whose families have only met once. Now, they get together again to celebrate Mother’s Day. But there is a secret in the family that as soon as it explodes, will change it all. Esmeralda and Rosa must lean on each other to get through the day that seems to have something against them.

Mother's Day Is Cancelled

2023

Behind the camera

4 Moons poster
7.3

Four interwoven stories about love and self-acceptance: An eleven year-old boy struggles to keep secret the attraction he feels towards his male cousin. Two former childhood friends reunite and start a relationship that gets complicated due to one of them’s fear of getting caught. A gay long lasting relationship is in jeopardy when a third man comes along. An old family man is obsessed with a young male prostitute and tries to raise the money to afford the experience.

4 Moons

2014

Christmas Is Cancelled poster
7.3

Newlyweds Lidia and Manuel face their biggest challenge yet when they bring their wildly different families together for Christmas. As clashing personalities spark both hilarity and tension, their relationship hangs in the balance amidst the holiday chaos.

Christmas Is Cancelled

2024

The Day of the Dead Is Cancelled poster
7.3

A sudden death reunites the Garcias and San Roman. Lidia and Manuel fight for their romance, but Francisco moves into the house. Lydia's promotion means settling in Monterey. Rosa manages her husband's memory while trying to bring Jaime into her life. The two families deal with death differently and prepare for a new life.

The Day of the Dead Is Cancelled

2023

The Day of the Dead Is Cancelled poster
7.3

A sudden death reunites the Garcias and San Roman. Lidia and Manuel fight for their romance, but Francisco moves into the house. Lydia's promotion means settling in Monterey. Rosa manages her husband's memory while trying to bring Jaime into her life. The two families deal with death differently and prepare for a new life.

The Day of the Dead Is Cancelled

2023

Killer Babes poster
7.2

Three girlfriends, neglected and mistreated by their husbands, plan to take revenge on them with the help of an experienced man in this type of job.

Killer Babes

2024

Grandma's Wedding poster
6.9

A dysfunctional family travels to Cuernavaca to celebrate their grandmother’s wedding.

Grandma's Wedding

2019

Grandma's Wedding poster
6.9

A dysfunctional family travels to Cuernavaca to celebrate their grandmother’s wedding.

Grandma's Wedding

2019

Mother's Day Is Cancelled poster
7.3

Lidia and Manuel are a newlywed couple whose families have only met once. Now, they get together again to celebrate Mother’s Day. But there is a secret in the family that as soon as it explodes, will change it all. Esmeralda and Rosa must lean on each other to get through the day that seems to have something against them.

Mother's Day Is Cancelled

2023

Dad Wanted poster
7.5

What does a thrill-seeker tween girl do when her mom forbids her to enter a BMX race? Cast an actor with nothing to lose to play her approving dad.

Dad Wanted

2020

Dad Wanted poster
7.5

What does a thrill-seeker tween girl do when her mom forbids her to enter a BMX race? Cast an actor with nothing to lose to play her approving dad.

Dad Wanted

2020

What We May Become poster
6.0

A male student begins a torrid affair with his female teacher, but she soon realizes that the relationship won't get them anywhere.

What We May Become

2018

What We May Become poster
6.0

A male student begins a torrid affair with his female teacher, but she soon realizes that the relationship won't get them anywhere.

What We May Become

2018

What We May Become poster
6.0

A male student begins a torrid affair with his female teacher, but she soon realizes that the relationship won't get them anywhere.

What We May Become

2018

The Day Everything Changed poster
7.5

Mario, used to be a man who had planned a happy future with his wife; until one night, a robbery ends up taking her life. From that moment on, his only objective is now to avenge on those who took away his happiness.

The Day Everything Changed

2024

The Day Everything Changed poster
7.5

Mario, used to be a man who had planned a happy future with his wife; until one night, a robbery ends up taking her life. From that moment on, his only objective is now to avenge on those who took away his happiness.

The Day Everything Changed

2024

Grandma's Last Wishes poster
7.2

When the grandmother decides that it is time to put the family affairs in order, the fights begin to inherit the house. (A sequel to Grandma's Wedding.)

Grandma's Last Wishes

2020

Grandma's Last Wishes poster
7.2

When the grandmother decides that it is time to put the family affairs in order, the fights begin to inherit the house. (A sequel to Grandma's Wedding.)

Grandma's Last Wishes

2020

Bajo Tortura poster
NR

In 1992, the brother-in-law and the sister of Alfonso Martin del Campo Dodd were murdered and he was captured by the authorities of Mexico City as a possible responsible of the crime. Through torture, he was forced to sign and confession. That’s how he ran into corruption and the brutality of the Mexican justice, with no more evidence than the confession, he was sentenced to 50 years in prison.

Bajo Tortura

2013

The Misfits poster
6.9

A lonely boy did not want to live until he meets a girl who pretends to be a star performer. An arrogant lawyer gets a lesson of life to get stuck in an elevator with a single servant. Through the Internet, a computer lover enters into a blind date, the stranger might be too known. Five elders decide to kill boredom and to get excited about planning to rob a bank.

The Misfits

2011

The Misfits poster
6.9

A lonely boy did not want to live until he meets a girl who pretends to be a star performer. An arrogant lawyer gets a lesson of life to get stuck in an elevator with a single servant. Through the Internet, a computer lover enters into a blind date, the stranger might be too known. Five elders decide to kill boredom and to get excited about planning to rob a bank.

The Misfits

2011

1938: When Mexico Recovered Its Oil poster
8.2

A chronicle of the Mexican oil expropriation in 1938 through the eyes of President Lazaro Cardenas and journalist Alberto Miranda.

1938: When Mexico Recovered Its Oil

2025

Talking to a Stranger poster
NR

A grieving mother is confronted by an uncanny presence that wears the face of her lost child.

Talking to a Stranger

2026

Beyond The Mountain poster
6.9

Miguel is a lonely boy letting his life pass by in a monotonous routine. He works in a public kiosk, takes care of his mother Consuelo and dreams with Carmela's love, one of his usual clients. One day, this perfect bubble of dissatisfaction pops when his mother dies. The tragic event, forces him to face his past and to make a radical decision: find the father that abandoned them, with the intention to kill him.

Beyond The Mountain

2019

Behind the Power poster
5.2

What would you do if one day you open the door of your house and a man you've never seen hits you, ties you to a chair, pulls out a bottle of tequila and start counting you his life? In addition, little by little, you start to realize that this seemingly odd man knows everything about you and his main intent is to give you a shot in the head. Based on true events, this is what happens to Michael, an attorney/deputy happily married to a privileged life who in less than an hour starts to lose everything. Perhaps this stranger comes to present him something that everybody wants to have: Power. "Behind the Power" is a thriller that will make you question your country, your life and your heart.

Behind the Power

2013

Behind the Power poster
5.2

What would you do if one day you open the door of your house and a man you've never seen hits you, ties you to a chair, pulls out a bottle of tequila and start counting you his life? In addition, little by little, you start to realize that this seemingly odd man knows everything about you and his main intent is to give you a shot in the head. Based on true events, this is what happens to Michael, an attorney/deputy happily married to a privileged life who in less than an hour starts to lose everything. Perhaps this stranger comes to present him something that everybody wants to have: Power. "Behind the Power" is a thriller that will make you question your country, your life and your heart.

Behind the Power

2013

I Wanted to Find You poster
6.4

Diego, just a few weeks away from his wedding to Julia, the perfect bride, is forced by his father to remodel a hotel he destroyed during his wild bachelor party. There, he meets Lu, the hotel manager, a free-spirited, bold, and beautiful woman; the kind of woman who turns your life upside down. Lu will make Diego confront himself and take control of his life for the first time.

I Wanted to Find You

2018

I Wanted to Find You poster
6.4

Diego, just a few weeks away from his wedding to Julia, the perfect bride, is forced by his father to remodel a hotel he destroyed during his wild bachelor party. There, he meets Lu, the hotel manager, a free-spirited, bold, and beautiful woman; the kind of woman who turns your life upside down. Lu will make Diego confront himself and take control of his life for the first time.

I Wanted to Find You

2018

El cumple de la abuela poster
6.5

A dysfunctional family travels to Cuernavaca, to celebrate their grandmother's birthday. One pretends to have a boyfriend she just met. Another has a girlfriend who is in love with one of his brothers. Another can not stand the way the grandmother treats him but he has been afraid of her for so long...until now.

El cumple de la abuela

2015

El cumple de la abuela poster
6.5

A dysfunctional family travels to Cuernavaca, to celebrate their grandmother's birthday. One pretends to have a boyfriend she just met. Another has a girlfriend who is in love with one of his brothers. Another can not stand the way the grandmother treats him but he has been afraid of her for so long...until now.

El cumple de la abuela

2015