Director

Laura Mora

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 4All crew credits: 11

TMDB ID: 1850272

IMDb ID: nm2005384

Known for: Directing

Born: April 20, 1981

Age: 44

Place of birth: Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2006 - 2024

Years active: 19

Average TMDB rating: 7.29

Wikidata: Q24708123

Also known as

Laura Mora • Laura Mora Ortega

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Director (7)Writer (2)Production Executive (1)Script (1)

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Biography

Laura Mora Ortega (Medellín, 1981) is a Colombian film director and screenwriter, recognized for her 2017 feature film Matar a Jesús, and for winning the Golden Shell at the 70th edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival, with Los reyes del mundo. He was born in Medellín and studied high school at the German School in the same city. He studied film production and directing at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Matar a Jesús is Mora's debut feature film. It was released in 2017 in theaters in Colombia. The film won a large number of national and international awards, including the EGEDA Award at the Cartagena Film Festival, the Jury Prize for Best First Film and the Casa de las Américas Award at the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana, the Eroski Youth Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival and the Roger Ebert Award at the Chicago Film Festival.

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