He is Carlos López Estrada, and we recommend that you remember your name because it’s perfect for being the new Mexican director in being a star in Hollywood.
With only 32 years of oath, the young director inscribed his name in the history of international cinema: who is directing, together with Don Hall, Raya and the ultimate dragon, the new film of Disney based on the cultures of Southeast Asia.
Pero Raya it’s just the pastime of a pastel that Estrada has been working on for the past 10 years.
Carlos es hijo from the Mexican producer of telenovelas, Carla Estrada, including news on pebbles on his telenovelas: The two cars of Ana y Passion.
It is first Mexican director to receive a Grammy Latino award, by his work in the video “Me voy”, of the Mexican duo Jesse & Joy.
También trabajó como regisseur van videos musicals de Billie Eilish, Capital Cities and the rapper Daveed Diggs, integrante de Cut.
But, how did you experience the adventure?
“My love for Disney is real from chiquito”, doubles Carlos López Estrada in a master class where he shows pictures of his children.
Born in Mexico City and living there for up to 13 years, she was forced to live in the United States.
“I went to Los Angeles to study Chinese and my mother moved to Mexico, my family lives there,” said López Estrada.
During the university, López Estrada’s favorite time to watch videos on MTV, and dice, was his first contact with the audiovisual language.
Graduated from Chapman University, California. You empezó a practical cine haciendo video clip. But one of them flew the key that opened the gates of the exit.
This is the first video that is available for Daveed Diggs, integral of Cut and one of the creators of Hamilton, the famous Broadway musical, by Lin Manuel Miranda.
“Daveed is part of a fast-moving group called Clipping, and has released a video for them five years ago in Los Angeles, when he was ten ten years old,” said López Estrada in an interview with Variety.
“One of his band mates had me compile a chortometer in Chapman and put it in contact. It was the beginning of a really fruitful collaborative work ”.
Antes de Raya y el Último Dragón, Carlos López Estrada dirigió dos maravillosas películas
López Estrada directs more than ten videos of Clipping, while so much, Diggs is working on the guion of Carlos López Estrada’s opera: Blind spot.
Blindspotting follows the history of Collin, a citizen of the state, who has three days to complete his conditional liberty and can empezar a new life, but when he and his best friend are present as a white police officer there for them his change of situation completely.
The President of the United States, Barack Obama, referred to Blind spot as one of his favorite movies of 2018.
And the exits will continue, López Estrada estrenó in 2020, the movie Summer time, a homage to the City of Los Angeles from the point of view of young poets residing in that city.
It debuted at the Sundance Festival with a great reception of the specialized critics.
How did I go to Disney?
The angle with Disney flew through Blind spot.
“One of the characters from the Disney Animation set and the premiere of Blindspotting’s Sundance,” López said.
Y Jennifer Lee, director of Frozen and creative creator of Disney’s animation studios, just set up to form a team where the main interest would be to form a group with directors and directors of various origins.
‘Jennifer invites me to Dan Hall and unirnos al equipo de Raya“, Cuenta Carlos López Estrada.
Raya and the ultimate dragon we live in the fantastic kingdom of Kumandra, where the humans and dragons live together in harmony, you have to know some monstrous monsters like Drunn and the tuvieron dragons who are sacrificing to save humanity.
Five years later, those same monsters have regressed and humanity depends on a warrior, called Raya, to meet the ultimate dragon and stay forever in the Druun.
In the long run of his journey, Raya learns that much more is needed than dragon magic to save the world: need confidence.
What does the future look like?
Currently, able to direct Raya and the ultimate dragon, López Estrada is working on another Disney animated movie that will be released soon in 2024.
Undoubtedly, the money that mantengamos los oyos puestos sober Carlos López Estrada and not only the decimos nosotros, Variety has the catalog as one of the new talents to follow in Hollywood.
Raya and the ultimate dragon are trained in some Chinese movie theaters this March 5, and also on the Disney + platform with an additional cost of $ 329 pesos.