Lalo Alcaraz

Writing

Lalo Alcaraz

Born

1964-04-19 (62)

Place of birth

San Diego, California, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

5 titles

Lalo Alcaraz is a Mexican-American editorial cartoonist as well as a writer, producer, and cultural consultant for film, television, and animation. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art from San Diego State University and a Master of Architecture UC Berkeley. He is creator of the syndicated daily comic strip, La Cucaracha, published nationwide since 2002. Alcaraz is founder and Jefe-in-Chief of the satire website POCHO.

Known for

Coco poster
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Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.

Coco

2017

The Casagrandes Movie poster
7.1

On a birthday trip to Mexico, 12-year-old Ronnie Anne accidentally frees a demigod trapped in a mountain and needs her family's help to set things right.

The Casagrandes Movie

2024

Revengeance poster
5.5

A low-rent bounty hunter named Rod Rosse, The One Man Posse, gets entangled in a web of danger when he takes on a job from an ex-biker/ex-wrestler turned U.S. senator named "Deathface."

Revengeance

2016

Spin Cycle: The Change We Carry poster
NR

In a bustling Los Angeles strip mall parking lot, Mandy is a well-to-do arrival in a gentrifying neighborhood. She brushes off locals, including the woman panhandling outside the laundromat, Lena. But when a dryer eats the last of her quarters, Mandy goes through literal head changes for fifty cents. Blinded by her own biases, she repeatedly dismisses Lena, who keeps approaching her with a soda cup full of change.

Spin Cycle: The Change We Carry

2026

Habla y vota poster
NR

A one-hour, non-partisan program in English and Spanish encouraging Latinos to vote. It features inspiring stories of leading Latino celebrities and media personalities such as María Celeste Arrarás, Prince Royce, Jorge Ramos and Adrienne Bailon, who are on a mission to make the voice of the Latino community heard in 2016.

Habla y vota

2016

Film credits

Behind the camera