Directing

Lex Ortega

Born 1980-02-25 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Lex Ortega is a Mexican film director, sound designer, and producer known for his work in the horror genre. He directed Atroz (2015), a film noted for its brutal depiction of violence, which has been described as one of the most violent films in Mexican cinema. Ortega's expertise in sound design complements his directorial approach, enhancing the atmospheric tension in his films.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Atrocious poster
6.6

After they're arrested, the horrific crimes of two serial killers are revealed via confiscated videotapes. These tapes contain brutal murders displaying pure human wickedness, the background, paraphilias and psyche of these murderers.

Atrocious

2018

Atrocious poster
6.6

After they're arrested, the horrific crimes of two serial killers are revealed via confiscated videotapes. These tapes contain brutal murders displaying pure human wickedness, the background, paraphilias and psyche of these murderers.

Atrocious

2018

Atrocious poster
6.6

After they're arrested, the horrific crimes of two serial killers are revealed via confiscated videotapes. These tapes contain brutal murders displaying pure human wickedness, the background, paraphilias and psyche of these murderers.

Atrocious

2018

Barbarous Mexico poster
5.4

Eight tales based on the most brutally terrifying Mexican traditions and legends, an anthology of haunting stories woven into the fabric of the Mexican culture, some told through the centuries and some new, but all equally frightening. Bogeymen, trolls, ghosts, monsters, all brought to life. Time for Aztec sacrifices. This is the Day of the Dead.

Barbarous Mexico

2014

Human Animals poster
6.8

The harmony of a seemingly idyllic neighborhood is disrupted when a dog attacks a young girl.

Human Animals

2020

México Bárbaro II poster
6.4

In this new horror anthology, nine Mexican directors come together to tell stories about the most brutal, ruthless and bizarre Mexican traditions and legends.

México Bárbaro II

2017

Atrocious poster
NR

Original short of the 2015 film.

Atrocious

2012

Atrocious poster
NR

Original short of the 2015 film.

Atrocious

2012

autopsI.A. poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

autopsI.A.

2023

Alerta: recuento de cadáveres poster
3.8

Unites 8 Latin American filmmakers from countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Spain, and Mexico in a single feature to count depict in seven stories some of the most brutal crimes that have happened in these countries.

Alerta: recuento de cadáveres

2014

T Is for Tamales poster
6.0

A tamal cook and her son are constantly abused by her alcoholic husband. One day, she decides to take revenge the only way she knows of.

T Is for Tamales

2012

T Is for Tamales poster
6.0

A tamal cook and her son are constantly abused by her alcoholic husband. One day, she decides to take revenge the only way she knows of.

T Is for Tamales

2012

Smog poster
NR

Bea lives in a bunker that her father built to save her from the apocalypse that annihilated humanity. Her only company is an AI. Bea's certainties will crumble when she discovers that the bunker is being stalked by something...or someone.

Smog

2023