
Production
Luis Ara
Born
1979-11-02 (46)
Place of birth
Houston, Texas
Known for
Production
Credits
30 titles
Luis Ara Hermida (Texas, 1979) is a Uruguayan-American director, producer and writer. He was born in the US, but developed his career in Uruguay, mostly focusing on documentaries.
Known for
NRThe story of one of the most important contemporary artists on the planet. A young man who explored art until he connected with the Carrara quarry and thus experimented with the material that would change his career forever: marble.
Atchugarry Monumental
2022
6.8Follows Brazil's journey to winning its fourth World Cup in 1994, featuring interviews with players and unseen behind-the-scenes footage from the tournament.
USA 94: Brazil's Return to Glory
2026
8.0This documentary narrates the history of one of Latin America’s most influential TV divas, Laura Bozzo. With exclusive access to her intimate life, we’ll explore a thrilling, controversial, and unique story.
Laura Bozzo
2025
NRThe incredible conservation story of a magnificent species that produces the finest, most expensive fiber in the world and the empowerment of an indigenous community that lives 15,000 feet above sea level in the Peruvian mountains.
Vicuña Salvation
2023
7.6A behind-the-scenes look at Brazil's 2002 World Cup-winning soccer team, with unseen footage and interviews with the players.
Brazil 2002: The Real Story
2022
7.7Peru is a country steeped in cultural traditions that stretch back more than 1,000 years. But it's also a land of surprising natural riches.
Peru: Hidden Treasure
2017
Behind the camera
NRThe story of one of the most important contemporary artists on the planet. A young man who explored art until he connected with the Carrara quarry and thus experimented with the material that would change his career forever: marble.
Atchugarry Monumental
2022
NRThe story of one of the most important contemporary artists on the planet. A young man who explored art until he connected with the Carrara quarry and thus experimented with the material that would change his career forever: marble.
Atchugarry Monumental
2022
6.8Follows Brazil's journey to winning its fourth World Cup in 1994, featuring interviews with players and unseen behind-the-scenes footage from the tournament.
USA 94: Brazil's Return to Glory
2026
6.8Follows Brazil's journey to winning its fourth World Cup in 1994, featuring interviews with players and unseen behind-the-scenes footage from the tournament.
USA 94: Brazil's Return to Glory
2026
8.0This documentary narrates the history of one of Latin America’s most influential TV divas, Laura Bozzo. With exclusive access to her intimate life, we’ll explore a thrilling, controversial, and unique story.
Laura Bozzo
2025
NRThe incredible conservation story of a magnificent species that produces the finest, most expensive fiber in the world and the empowerment of an indigenous community that lives 15,000 feet above sea level in the Peruvian mountains.
Vicuña Salvation
2023
NRThe incredible conservation story of a magnificent species that produces the finest, most expensive fiber in the world and the empowerment of an indigenous community that lives 15,000 feet above sea level in the Peruvian mountains.
Vicuña Salvation
2023
7.6A behind-the-scenes look at Brazil's 2002 World Cup-winning soccer team, with unseen footage and interviews with the players.
Brazil 2002: The Real Story
2022
7.6A behind-the-scenes look at Brazil's 2002 World Cup-winning soccer team, with unseen footage and interviews with the players.
Brazil 2002: The Real Story
2022
7.7Peru is a country steeped in cultural traditions that stretch back more than 1,000 years. But it's also a land of surprising natural riches.
Peru: Hidden Treasure
2017
7.7Peru is a country steeped in cultural traditions that stretch back more than 1,000 years. But it's also a land of surprising natural riches.
Peru: Hidden Treasure
2017
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Rada: La película
2024
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Rada: La película
2024
NRThe cold streets of Warsaw, the Ghetto where thousands of Jews lived during the Second World War and the deportation square where the train left for the Nazi concentration camps are living witnesses of one of the darkest times of humanity. This film travels to the chilling corners of the Auschwitz, Bkernau and Majdanek concentration camps where nearly 2 million Jews were murdered. Along with never-before-seen images, the renowned Argentine writer Marcelo Birmajer seeks to understand part of what happened in that dark chapter in the history of humanity and in turn decipher not only how humans could commit such an atrocity, but what they must do to prevent it from happening. happen again.
El Invierno Más Frío
2021
NRThe campaign of the Uruguayan rugby team, nicknamed "Los Teros", during the 2015 Rugby World Cup qualification, and the amateur character of its players that contrasts against the professionalism of their group rivals.
Teros, sueño mundial
2015
NRThe campaign of the Uruguayan rugby team, nicknamed "Los Teros", during the 2015 Rugby World Cup qualification, and the amateur character of its players that contrasts against the professionalism of their group rivals.
Teros, sueño mundial
2015
5.4From Sierra de las Minas to Esquipulas, explore Guatemala's cultural and geological wealth, including ancient Mayan cities and other natural wonders.
Guatemala: Heart of the Mayan World
2019
7.8From humble origins to soccer legend, this documentary captures the rise of Colombia’s René Higuita, from iconic career to personal controversies.
Higuita: The Way of the Scorpion
2023
7.8From humble origins to soccer legend, this documentary captures the rise of Colombia’s René Higuita, from iconic career to personal controversies.
Higuita: The Way of the Scorpion
2023
7.3After being shot during a robbery in Colombia and losing sensation in his legs, Uruguayan soccer star Alexis Viera finds a new sense of purpose.
Alexis Viera: A Story of Surviving
2019
7.3After being shot during a robbery in Colombia and losing sensation in his legs, Uruguayan soccer star Alexis Viera finds a new sense of purpose.
Alexis Viera: A Story of Surviving
2019
6.3In the wake of the plane crash that claimed the lives of 71 people, the Brazilian soccer club Chapecoense seeks to rebuild the team that once made history.
Forever Chape
2018
6.3In the wake of the plane crash that claimed the lives of 71 people, the Brazilian soccer club Chapecoense seeks to rebuild the team that once made history.
Forever Chape
2018
NRThe story of Juan, a man who, after almost two years of waiting and with his heart working at barely 8% capacity, receives the news that there is a donor for him. 12 hours and 2 minutes elapse from that call until the end of the operation.
12 Horas 2 Minutos
2012
NRThe story of Juan, a man who, after almost two years of waiting and with his heart working at barely 8% capacity, receives the news that there is a donor for him. 12 hours and 2 minutes elapse from that call until the end of the operation.
12 Horas 2 Minutos
2012
NRThe story of Juan, a man who, after almost two years of waiting and with his heart working at barely 8% capacity, receives the news that there is a donor for him. 12 hours and 2 minutes elapse from that call until the end of the operation.
12 Horas 2 Minutos
2012
7.2The story of a Uruguayan car racer that dreamt about being in F1 and did all that was possible to reach his goal. When he was about to reach his best prize, he died in a car accident at the CART World Series tests in Laguna Seca, US. This is a story about inspiration and overcoming obstacles. It portrays that nothing is impossible in life if there is dedication and love. A story about a young man that went through many hardships and that raced with the best. He came from a far away country with no tradition in the international automobile racing world.
Gonchi
2015
7.2The story of a Uruguayan car racer that dreamt about being in F1 and did all that was possible to reach his goal. When he was about to reach his best prize, he died in a car accident at the CART World Series tests in Laguna Seca, US. This is a story about inspiration and overcoming obstacles. It portrays that nothing is impossible in life if there is dedication and love. A story about a young man that went through many hardships and that raced with the best. He came from a far away country with no tradition in the international automobile racing world.
Gonchi
2015
7.2The story of a Uruguayan car racer that dreamt about being in F1 and did all that was possible to reach his goal. When he was about to reach his best prize, he died in a car accident at the CART World Series tests in Laguna Seca, US. This is a story about inspiration and overcoming obstacles. It portrays that nothing is impossible in life if there is dedication and love. A story about a young man that went through many hardships and that raced with the best. He came from a far away country with no tradition in the international automobile racing world.
Gonchi
2015
NRIn this inspiring film, the stories of six people who live with HIV—either directly or indirectly—are portrayed. Through a journey into their lives, we discover what it means to live with this condition and begin to break down the barriers and misconceptions that have been built over more than four decades, contributing to a stigma that no longer reflects the reality of HIV today. A mother with HIV who was able to have a healthy child, a patient who has lived with the disease for over twenty years, a father who lost his son in this battle, a man who was diagnosed but has maintained a safe sexual relationship with his partner for years, and a young man born with HIV who fights every day to raise awareness about the issue.
VIH: La causa justa
2025
