Issa López

Writing

Issa López

Birthplace
Mexico City, Mexico
Credits
19 titles

Biography

Issa López is a Mexican director, writer and producer. Twelve Spanish language features have been produced from her scripts, four of them directed by herself. She has won several literary awards, including the National Novel Award granted by Mexico's Institute of Fine Arts and Literature in 2007.

In 2017, Tigers Are Not Afraid (Vuelven in Spanish) premiered at Fantastic Fest, in Austin, Texas. Written and directed by López, the film received the Best Horror Director Award, and went on to collect fifty-one awards in film festivals around the world, three Diosas de Plata, including Best Picture and Best Director, and received ten Ariel Awards nominations, of which it won two. The film earned multiple positive reviews by major trades and critics, and a rating of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes. Currently, López is developing projects with Guillermo del Toro, Noah Hawley and Jason Blum. She directed and co-wrote all episodes of the fourth installment of HBO's TV series True Detective, which aired in January and February of 2024, as True Detective: Night Country.

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Known For

Acting credits 2

YearTitleRole
2022 Something in the Dirt Film Isabel
2010 Speed of Glory Film Tony

Crew credits 17

YearTitleJob
TBA The Girl with a Thousand Names Film Director, Writer
TBA Lost Souls Film Director, Screenplay
2024 Weeding Night Film Writer
2018 Everything's Gone Wrong! Film Producer, Writer, Director
2017 Tigers Are Not Afraid Film Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
2015 600 Miles Film Writer
2015 A la mala Film Screenplay
2014 True Detective TV Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Teleplay, Story, Creator (6 ep)
2013 Pulling Strings Film Screenplay
2012 Class Trip Film Screenplay
2008 Casi divas Film Director, Writer
2007 Charm School Film Screenplay, Story
2006 Personal Effects Film Director, Writer
2003 Ladies' Night Film Screenplay
2001 Primer amor... tres años después Film Adaptation
2000 Primeiro Amor A Mil Por Hora TV Adaptation (100 ep)
1999 Labyrinth of Passion TV Writer (80 ep)
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