David Pablos

Directing

David Pablos

Born

1983-09-11 (43)

Place of birth

Tijuana, Mexico

Known for

Directing

Credits

14 titles

Known for

On the Road poster
8.4

Veneno, a rebellious young drifter, frequents roadside diners where he sleeps with truck drivers. Urgently needing a ride, he meets Muñeco, a hard-edged driver who keeps to himself. He convinces Muñeco to take him deep into the hyper-masculine world of long-haul trucking across the north of Mexico. As they travel together and an unexpected intimacy builds between them, shadows from Veneno’s past resurface, putting both their lives at risk.

On the Road

2026

Dance of the Forty One poster
7.8

Mexico City, November 1901. The police raid a private home where a secret party is being held. Among those attending is the son-in-law of President Porfirio Díaz.

Dance of the Forty One

2020

The Chosen Ones poster
6.3

Sofia, 14 years old, is in love with Ulises. Because of him, in spite of him, she is forced into a prostitution network in Mexico. To set her free, Ulises will have to find another girl to replace her. Adapted from Jorge Volpi’s novel, set in the world of juvenile prostitution.

The Chosen Ones

2015

The Life After poster
5.5

Two brothers, Samuel and Rodrigo, live with their mother in a suburban town. One day the mother, who has mental health problems, disappears leaving nothing behind but a note. David Pablos is a young Mexican filmmaker, born in 1982. His first short film, El mundo al atardecer, was made in 2007. La canción de los niños muertos (2008) was his second short film; he presented his first feature-length film Una frontera, todas las fronteras (2010) at the Berlinale Talent Campus before coming to Venice with his second film, La vida despues, for the 70th Venice International Film Festival.

The Life After

2013

La Pascualita poster
NR

A woman is said to have embalmed her daughter, who died from a scorpion sting, and displayed her in a store like a mannequin. This short film revolves around a bridal shop mannequin that comes to life, and its story is inspired by a Chihuahua legend from the 1930s.

La Pascualita

2015

Skin poster
6.0

SKIN is the story of a child taxidermist, an outsider in his small town. He is entranced by a girl who finds his work beautiful. But just as their relationship begins to progress, he does something that drastically changes everything.

Skin

2012

Behind the camera

On the Road poster
8.4

Veneno, a rebellious young drifter, frequents roadside diners where he sleeps with truck drivers. Urgently needing a ride, he meets Muñeco, a hard-edged driver who keeps to himself. He convinces Muñeco to take him deep into the hyper-masculine world of long-haul trucking across the north of Mexico. As they travel together and an unexpected intimacy builds between them, shadows from Veneno’s past resurface, putting both their lives at risk.

On the Road

2026

On the Road poster
8.4

Veneno, a rebellious young drifter, frequents roadside diners where he sleeps with truck drivers. Urgently needing a ride, he meets Muñeco, a hard-edged driver who keeps to himself. He convinces Muñeco to take him deep into the hyper-masculine world of long-haul trucking across the north of Mexico. As they travel together and an unexpected intimacy builds between them, shadows from Veneno’s past resurface, putting both their lives at risk.

On the Road

2026

Dance of the Forty One poster
7.8

Mexico City, November 1901. The police raid a private home where a secret party is being held. Among those attending is the son-in-law of President Porfirio Díaz.

Dance of the Forty One

2020

The Chosen Ones poster
6.3

Sofia, 14 years old, is in love with Ulises. Because of him, in spite of him, she is forced into a prostitution network in Mexico. To set her free, Ulises will have to find another girl to replace her. Adapted from Jorge Volpi’s novel, set in the world of juvenile prostitution.

The Chosen Ones

2015

The Chosen Ones poster
6.3

Sofia, 14 years old, is in love with Ulises. Because of him, in spite of him, she is forced into a prostitution network in Mexico. To set her free, Ulises will have to find another girl to replace her. Adapted from Jorge Volpi’s novel, set in the world of juvenile prostitution.

The Chosen Ones

2015

The Life After poster
5.5

Two brothers, Samuel and Rodrigo, live with their mother in a suburban town. One day the mother, who has mental health problems, disappears leaving nothing behind but a note. David Pablos is a young Mexican filmmaker, born in 1982. His first short film, El mundo al atardecer, was made in 2007. La canción de los niños muertos (2008) was his second short film; he presented his first feature-length film Una frontera, todas las fronteras (2010) at the Berlinale Talent Campus before coming to Venice with his second film, La vida despues, for the 70th Venice International Film Festival.

The Life After

2013

The Life After poster
5.5

Two brothers, Samuel and Rodrigo, live with their mother in a suburban town. One day the mother, who has mental health problems, disappears leaving nothing behind but a note. David Pablos is a young Mexican filmmaker, born in 1982. His first short film, El mundo al atardecer, was made in 2007. La canción de los niños muertos (2008) was his second short film; he presented his first feature-length film Una frontera, todas las fronteras (2010) at the Berlinale Talent Campus before coming to Venice with his second film, La vida despues, for the 70th Venice International Film Festival.

The Life After

2013

La Pascualita poster
NR

A woman is said to have embalmed her daughter, who died from a scorpion sting, and displayed her in a store like a mannequin. This short film revolves around a bridal shop mannequin that comes to life, and its story is inspired by a Chihuahua legend from the 1930s.

La Pascualita

2015

La Pascualita poster
NR

A woman is said to have embalmed her daughter, who died from a scorpion sting, and displayed her in a store like a mannequin. This short film revolves around a bridal shop mannequin that comes to life, and its story is inspired by a Chihuahua legend from the 1930s.

La Pascualita

2015

Skin poster
6.0

SKIN is the story of a child taxidermist, an outsider in his small town. He is entranced by a girl who finds his work beautiful. But just as their relationship begins to progress, he does something that drastically changes everything.

Skin

2012

The Song of the Dead Children poster
10.0

Five children are isolated with their father on a lonely beach after the death of their mother. As the days go by, the children start torturing their father.

The Song of the Dead Children

2008

The Song of the Dead Children poster
10.0

Five children are isolated with their father on a lonely beach after the death of their mother. As the days go by, the children start torturing their father.

The Song of the Dead Children

2008

The Darkness poster
5.9

A family lives in a cabin in the middle of a submerged forest in the mist and shrouded in perpetual twilight after an undefined global catastrophe. The father keeps his children locked in the basement into believing that a wild beast roams outside.

The Darkness

2016

Una frontera, todas las fronteras poster
5.0

Stories of encounters and separations in a dividing frontier wall that impedes families, friends and lovers to touch and kiss each other. In some cases, the wall does not obstruct human contact, while in some other cases it presents itself as a metaphor of division in human relationships.

Una frontera, todas las fronteras

2010