Mauricio Kuri is a Mexican film director writer producer and actor He started his film career as the protagonist in 20th Century Fox production For Greater Glory 2012 Later on he decided to pursue his dream as a filmmaker studying at the New York Film Academy by filming his first short film Lucendi 2015 winning the acclaimed Premio Cinema at the Giuseppe Sciacca Awards His next short Vortex 2019 has been nominated in more than 15 festivals around the world Kuri is the founder of the production company Cinestesia