
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
NRBertha, 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
49th Street
2014
4.6In 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
NRThe last attempt to outrun a zombie horde.
Zombis #1
2011
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Undercover
2014
NRThrough 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
—
Film credits
Behind the camera
NRBertha, 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
NRBertha, 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
49th Street
2014
4.6In 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
4.6In 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
NRThe last attempt to outrun a zombie horde.
Zombis #1
2011
NRThe last attempt to outrun a zombie horde.
Zombis #1
2011
NRThe last attempt to outrun a zombie horde.
Zombis #1
2011
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Undercover
2014
NRThrough 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
—
NRThrough 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
—
No synopsis available yet.
Un lugar diferente ó el bosque cósmico
2004
NRNo synopsis available yet.
El corazón bajo tierra
2024
5.0Musical 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
10.0A group of kids get tired of the adult and they start a revolution.
Jugando a la revolución
2004
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Retrato de Medusa
2013
No synopsis available yet.
Corre Cheo Corre
2004
No synopsis available yet.
Bajo el Mar de Hierro
2017

