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
6.6After 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
6.4In 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
3.5A plot that narrates murders within the world of university theater is only the backdrop to discover a story where pain and revenge are the true protagonists. Winner of the award for best Mexican horror film at Feratum 2021.
Expira
2020
Behind the camera
6.6After 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
6.6After 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
6.6After 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
5.4Eight 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
6.8The harmony of a seemingly idyllic neighborhood is disrupted when a dog attacks a young girl.
Human Animals
2020
6.4In 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
NROriginal short of the 2015 film.
Atrocious
2012
NROriginal short of the 2015 film.
Atrocious
2012
NRNo synopsis available yet.
autopsI.A.
2023
3.8Unites 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
6.0A 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
6.0A 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
NRBea 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