Pablo Cruz - Biography

Pablo Cruz
Producer

In 2007, Variety cited Pablo Cruz as one of its “10 Producers to Watch.” Mr. Cruz studiedn film theory at the London College of Printing, and then worked in film production across Africa and Europe. In 2001, he founded the advertising agency The Lift in Barcelona. In 2005, Cruz returned to his native Mexico to start the production company Canana with partners Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna.

Canana has produced seven films in the span of four years, including: Gerardo Naranjo’s Drama/Mex and Voy A Explotar [I’m Gonna Explode]; Diego Luna’s directorial debut, documentary J.C. Chávez; Gael Garcia Bernal’s directorial debut, Déficit; Agustín Díaz Yanes’ Sólo Quiero Caminar; Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán’s Cochochi; and Cary Fukunaga’s Sin Nombre, a co‐production with Focus Features. Canana’s most recent projects include Cefalópodo, Ruben Imaz's second feature film; Abel, Luna’s second film; and SOY TU FAN, a television series starring Ana Claudia Talancon. Along with Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernal, and Elena Fortes, Pablo Cruz also founded Documental Ambulente (2005), a non‐profit organization that produces a traveling documentary film festival in Mexico. The festival has brought over 200 documentaries to communities across the country in just five years.

 

Filmography Pablo Cruz

Miss Bala by Gerardo Naranjo (producer) 2011
Jean Gentil by Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán (producer) 2010
Soy tu fan (TV series) (executive producer) 2010
Cefalópodo by Rubén Imaz (producer) 2010
Revolución by Mariana Chenillo, Fernando Eimbcke (producer) 2010
Abel by Diego Luna (producer) 2010
18 cigarrillos y medio by Marcelo Tolces (executive producer) 2009
Sin nombre by de Cary Fukunaga (executive producer) 2008
Venganza by de Agustín Díaz Yanes (producer) 2008
8 by de Jane Campion, Gael García Bernal, Jan Kounen (producer - segment "The Letter") 2008
Voy a explotar by de Gerardo Naranjo (producer) 2007
Cochochi by de Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán (producer) 2007
Déficit by de Gael García Bernal (producer) 2007
J.C. Chávez by Diego Luna (documentary) (producer) 2006
Drama/Mex by de Gerardo Naranjo (executive producer) 2006
Ruta 32 (TV series) (producer) 1999
Rage by Newton I. Aduaka (line producer)