Ernesto Díaz Espinoza (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Ernesto Díaz Espinoza

Looking for reviews of films directed by Ernesto Díaz Espinoza? Cinafilm has a total of 489 reviews across 7 movies directed by Ernesto Díaz Espinoza.

Movies from this director have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average rating of 54%.

Mirageman is Ernesto Díaz Espinoza's highest rated movie, with a score of 62% based on 61 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Ernesto Díaz Espinoza is The ABCs of Death, with a score of 40% based on 403 reviews.

Director Biography

Ernesto Díaz Espinoza (born June 10, 1978 in Santiago, Chile) is a writer, film director and editor, known for Kiltro (2006), The ABCs of Death (2012) and Redeemer (2014)

I studied Audio Visual Communication in Cinema and Television. I took a course in scriptwriting at the university of Pompeau Fabra university in Barcelona, Spain.

In 2006 I writes, directs, and edits his first feature film and the first South American martial arts film Kiltro, it received the honor from wiken as the best Chilean director and writer of 2006.

Mirageman, his second feature, received even more critical acclaim and received some numbers audience awards in genre film festivals from around the world. Film critic Harry Knowles wrote "Mirageman is probably one my favorite superhero movies of all time."[2]

Mandrill, has been referred to as a cross between James Bond films and 1970s blaxploitation films. It had sti world premiere at the 2009 Fantastic Fest Film Festival where it won best actor for Marko Zaror and best Fantastic Fest Feature.[3] In 2010 it wins the audience award at the Vina Del Mar International Film Festival. In 2011 it won best action film at FANTASPOA in Brazil.

In 2012 I wrote and directed Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman, which combined the 1970s blaxploitation genre with Latin American culture. In the same year, I directed a short in The ABCs of Death, a horror anthology directed by genre filmmakers from around the world.

In 2014 at the Valdivia International Film Festival have premiered Santiago-Violent, a crime comedy with the tagline "A Story of Guns and Mixed Drinks," It won the audience award for best Chilean movie. The same year I premiered Redeemer, a modern western with martial arts at the 2014 Fantastic Fest Film Festival..

Ernesto Díaz Espinoza has directed films starring Marko Zaror, Andrés Cid, Rocco and Mauricio Pesutic.

Ernesto Díaz Espinoza has collaborated with these film directors: Ti West, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Noboru Iguchi and Angela Bettis.