Melvin de Jesús Jiménez Nájera

Directing

Melvin de Jesús Jiménez Nájera

Born

1989-01-14 (37)

Place of birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Known for

Directing

Credits

20 titles

Melvin de Jesús is a director, screenwriter, and producer from Mexico City. His work spans horror, fiction, and documentary, with an interest in queer identities and kink communities. Through the intimate and the strange, he explores identity, belonging, and ways of living outside social norms. He is currently developing his debut feature documentary, *Un cachorro llamado Ren* (*A Pup Named Ren*), about his experience within pup play and the community he belongs to.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Burnout poster
NR

Bertha, a young nurse, watches the man under her care die, but when he inexplicably comes back to life, she sees it as a second chance to make things right. Trapped inside a house with an increasingly controlling caregiver, Bertha must tend to a man who cannot die as exhaustion, abuse, and guilt gradually push her to the breaking point.

Burnout

2026

Burnout poster
NR

Bertha, a young nurse, watches the man under her care die, but when he inexplicably comes back to life, she sees it as a second chance to make things right. Trapped inside a house with an increasingly controlling caregiver, Bertha must tend to a man who cannot die as exhaustion, abuse, and guilt gradually push her to the breaking point.

Burnout

2026

49th Street poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

49th Street

2014

Requiem for the (Un)Dead poster
4.6

In a society where dead had come back and it has become an everyday thing, a policeman, part of the anti-zombie special force is bitten by one of the infected. He then must find a way to continue with his daily life routine and with his work, which is killing zombies, even though he knows he'll become one of them.

Requiem for the (Un)Dead

2012

Requiem for the (Un)Dead poster
4.6

In a society where dead had come back and it has become an everyday thing, a policeman, part of the anti-zombie special force is bitten by one of the infected. He then must find a way to continue with his daily life routine and with his work, which is killing zombies, even though he knows he'll become one of them.

Requiem for the (Un)Dead

2012

Zombis #1 poster
NR

The last attempt to outrun a zombie horde.

Zombis #1

2011

Zombis #1 poster
NR

The last attempt to outrun a zombie horde.

Zombis #1

2011

Zombis #1 poster
NR

The last attempt to outrun a zombie horde.

Zombis #1

2011

Undercover poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Undercover

2014

A Pup Named Ren poster
NR

Through his own experience within Pup Play, Ren explores identity, desire, and the need to belong. Through intimate portraits of a queer and kink community, the documentary observes the ways we build bonds, create safe spaces, and find ways of existing alongside others.

A Pup Named Ren

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A Pup Named Ren poster
NR

Through his own experience within Pup Play, Ren explores identity, desire, and the need to belong. Through intimate portraits of a queer and kink community, the documentary observes the ways we build bonds, create safe spaces, and find ways of existing alongside others.

A Pup Named Ren

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No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Un lugar diferente ó el bosque cósmico

2004

El corazón bajo tierra poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

El corazón bajo tierra

2024

In Colour poster
5.0

Musical drama about two teenagers. A story about love and accepting who you are and what the complexity of human relationships represents in a society where tabooes about sexuality and how relationships change constantly.

In Colour

2019

Jugando a la revolución poster
10.0

A group of kids get tired of the adult and they start a revolution.

Jugando a la revolución

2004

Retrato de Medusa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Retrato de Medusa

2013

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Corre Cheo Corre

2004

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bajo el Mar de Hierro

2017