From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Luis Mandoki born in 1954 in Mexico City is a Mexican film director working in Mexico and Hollywood Luis Mandoki studied Fine Arts in Mexico and at the San Francisco Art Institute the London College of Printing and the London International Film School While attending this last institution he directed his first short film Silent Music which won an award at the International Amateur Film Festival of Cannes Film Festival in 1976 Back in Mexico he directed short films and documentaries for the Instituto Nacional Indigenista the National Institute for the Indigenous Conacine National Commission of Film and the Centro de Produccion de Cortometraje Center for the Production of Short Films In 1980 he received an Ariel Award of the Mexican Academy of Film for his short film El secreto Four years later his film Motel was selected to represent Mexico in film festivals around the globe At the age of 30 he developed wrote produced and directed Gaby A True Story a movie about the struggles of handicapped Gaby Brimer This film was nominated for both the Academy and Golden Globe Awards For the next 15 years he filmed only in English until the critically acclaimed Voces inocentes of 2004 This film gave him a Best Director nomination for the Ariel Award in 2005 The film also received three awards and was nominated for Best Film The film was selected to represent Mexico for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and had a boxoffice output of 494 million pesos roughly 45 million US dollars and was seen by 15 million people Luis Mandoki currently resides in Mexico City with his wife Olivia and three children Camille Daniel and Michelle Description above from the Wikipedia article Luis Mandoki licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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