--- name: "Alonso Ruizpalacios" canonical: "https://film.one/person/alonso-ruizpalacios" fi1m_id: "alonso-ruizpalacios" imdb_id: "nm2091911" tmdb_id: 1305360 wikidata_id: "Q25050884" roles: ["Director"] born: "1 January 1978" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "director" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-24T08:48:55.598487+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Alonso Ruizpalacios ## Identity Alonso Ruizpalacios - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alonso-ruizpalacios - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** alonso-ruizpalacios - **IMDb ID:** nm2091911 - **TMDB ID:** 1305360 - **Wikidata ID:** Q25050884 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonso_Ruizpalacios, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25050884, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2091911/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1305360 Director. Born 1 January 1978 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. ## Details - **Work:** Director - **Born:** 1 January 1978, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - **Also known as:** Alonso Ruiz Palacios, 알론소 루이즈팔라시오스 - **Berlin International Film Festival:** 1 Berlin prize (1 won) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonso_Ruizpalacios, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25050884, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2091911/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1305360 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Andor*](https://film.one/tv/andor.md) (86) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Alonso Ruizpalacios is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He was born on 11 September 1978 in Mexico City and studied stage directing there before training as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London. Ruizpalacios is known for his feature films *Güeros* (2014), *Museo* (2018), *A Cop Movie* (2021) and *La Cocina* (2024). *Güeros* won five Ariel Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. *Museo* received the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the Berlin International Film Festival. He has also directed episodes of the television series *Narcos: Mexico* (2018), *Outer Range* (2022) and *Andor* (2022). His short film *Café Paraíso* won awards on the festival circuit, and he directed the music video for "Hasta la Raíz" by Natalia Lafourcade. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Andor* (2022), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/andor.md) ## Complete filmography (14) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *La Cocina* (2024), Director, Screenplay, Producer - *Andor* (2022), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/andor.md) - *Outer Range* (2022), series, Director - *A Cop Movie* (2021), Director, Screenplay - *Narcos: Mexico* (2018), series, Director - *Museo* (2018), Director, Writer - *Vida* (2018), series, Director - *Green* (2016), Director, Screenplay - *You're Killing Me Susana* (2016), as Jose - *Güeros* (2014), as Doctor · Executive Producer, Screenplay, Writer, Director - *The Cu Bird's Last Song* (2010), Director, Screenplay - *Café Paraíso* (2008), Producer, Screenplay, Director - *El Sonido del Silencio* (2004), as Rigo - *Monopoly*, Director, Executive Producer ## Gallery - ![Alonso Ruizpalacios (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/46571/gallery-95c030939467.jpg) Alonso Ruizpalacios (2018) — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Alonso_Ruizpalacios-4401.jpg/1280px-Alonso_Ruizpalacios-4401.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Alonso Ruizpalacios](https://film.one/media/person/46571/gallery-b30b1fba7da2.jpg) Alonso Ruizpalacios — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Alonso_Ruizpalacios-4412.jpg/1280px-Alonso_Ruizpalacios-4412.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![En el Museo de a Ciudad de Museo de la Ciudad de México, se realizó la conferencia de prensa, para presentar los detalles del Premio Fénix, co la presencia de E (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/46571/gallery-783433d81ff7.jpg) En el Museo de a Ciudad de Museo de la Ciudad de México, se realizó la conferencia de prensa, para presentar los detalles del Premio Fénix, co la presencia de E (2018) — Milton Martínez / Secretaría de Cultura CDMX, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Conferencia_premios_F%C3%A9nix_2018.jpg/1280px-Conferencia_premios_F%C3%A9nix_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Alonso Ruizpalacios](https://film.one/media/person/46571/gallery-5f51481b72ca.jpg) Alonso Ruizpalacios — Image via TMDB - ![Alonso Ruizpalacios](https://film.one/media/person/46571/gallery-d480725f19f6.jpg) Alonso Ruizpalacios — Image via TMDB - ![Alonso Ruizpalacios](https://film.one/media/person/46571/gallery-96a9c54e27ae.jpg) Alonso Ruizpalacios — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Berlin International Film Festival — 1 won - 2018: Best Screenplay (won), for *Museum* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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