Nicolás Echevarría

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Nicolás Echevarría

Directing 79 August 8, 1947

Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico

Nicolás Echevarría is a Mexican film director and screenwriter renowned for his documentaries and feature films that explore Mexican culture and indigenous traditions. His notable…

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Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

5.5 1997 TV Show
Ramona

Ramona

6.5 2000 TV Show
Cabeza de Vaca

Cabeza de Vaca

6.8 1991 Movie
Echo of the Mountain

Echo of the Mountain

7.2 2015 Movie
Mom

Mom

8.0 2023 Movie
Life Kills

Life Kills

5.7 2002 Movie
Peasant Poets

Peasant Poets

6.8 1979 Movie
Appalachian Journey

Appalachian Journey

8.3 1991 Movie
Sunka Raku (Alegría Evanescente)

Sunka Raku (Alegría Evanescente)

2015 Movie
Enemies

Enemies

6.3 1996 Movie
The Day Pedro Infante Died

The Day Pedro Infante Died

5.0 1982 Movie
American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America

American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America

7.0 1990 TV Show

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Nicolás Echevarría is a Mexican film director and screenwriter renowned for his documentaries and feature films that explore Mexican culture and indigenous traditions. His notable works include Cabeza de Vaca (1991), which depicts the journey of Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, and Eco de la Montaña (2014), a documentary about Huichol artist Santos de la Torre. Echevarría's films are celebrated for their ethnographic depth and visual storytelling, contributing significantly to Mexican cinema.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    Tzintzuntzan

    Movie Director

  2. 2023
    Mom

    Movie Thanks

  3. 2015
    Sunka Raku (Alegría Evanescente)

    Movie

  4. 2015
    Echo of the Mountain

    Movie Writer

  5. 2015
    The Return of the Dead

    Movie Thanks

  6. 2014
    Juanicas

    Movie Thanks

  7. 2014
    Quiero caminar contigo

    Movie Mateo

  8. 2008
    The 68 Memorial

    Movie Director of Photography

  9. 2002
    Life Kills

    Movie Director

  10. 2000
    Ramona

    TV show Director

  11. 1997
    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    TV show Nicolás Echevarría

  12. 1996
    Enemies

    Movie Director

  13. 1991
    Cabeza de Vaca

    Movie Director

  14. 1991
    Appalachian Journey

    Movie Cinematography

  15. 1990
    American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America

    TV show Director of Photography

  16. 1988
    Sor Juana Inez de la cruz

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1988
    De la calle

    Movie Director

  2. 1982
    El niño Fidencio, el taumaturgo de Espinazo

    Movie Director

  3. 1982
    The Day Pedro Infante Died

    Movie Cinematography

  4. 1981
    Flor y canto

    Movie Director

  5. 1980
    José Clemente Orozco, pintor del hombre

    Movie Director of Photography

  6. 1979
    Teshuinada, semana santa Tarahumara

    Movie Director

  7. 1979
    Peasant Poets

    Movie Director

  8. 1978
    Maria Sabina, Spirit Woman

    Movie Director

  9. 1977
    Hikure-tame

    Movie Director

  10. 1976
    Mexico Mobile Cinema

    Movie Director of Photography

  11. 1974
    Judea

    Movie Director