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name: "Carlos López Estrada"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "12 September 1988"
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average_as: "director"
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updated: "2026-09-17T14:41:30.450045+00:00"
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# Carlos López Estrada

Director. Born 12 September 1988 in Mexico City, Mexico.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 12 September 1988, Mexico City, Mexico
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_L%C3%B3pez_Estrada, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5042294, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2788015/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1932178

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Legion*](https://film.one/tv/legion.md) (77)

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## Biography

Carlos López Estrada (born 12 September 1988) is a Mexican-American film and television director, writer, producer and actor. Born in Mexico City, he moved to the United States at the age of 12 and later studied at Chapman University.

He made his feature directorial debut with *Blindspotting* (2018). He co-directed the Disney animated feature *Raya and the Last Dragon* (2021), which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature. Estrada has also directed music videos and an episode of the FX series *Legion* (2019).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Legion* (2017), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/legion.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Marga en el DF* (2026), Producer
- *The Making of Dìdi* (2024), Camera Operator
- *Dìdi (弟弟)* (2024), "B" Camera Operator, Producer
- *Remember Us* (2024), Producer
- *Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero* (2023), Director
- *Sunday* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Summertime* (2021), Director, Producer
- *Raya and the Last Dragon* (2021), Director, Story
- *Blindspotting* (2018), Director
- *High and Mighty* (2017), Director
- *Legion* (2017), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/legion.md)
- *Identity Theft* (2015), Director
- *The Lieutenant* (2012), series, Editor
- *Bear* (2012), Director
- *Passion* (2007), series, as Claudio Fernández de la Cueva
- *Kill Yr Idols*, Producer, Director
- *Your Name*, Director, Writer
- *DED*, Ded, Director, Screenplay
- *¡WOW!*, Producer
- *Carlos Lopez Estrada: A Director's Diary*, as Cinematography
- *Under the Mountain's Shadow*, Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2022: Best Animated Feature (nominated), for *Raya and the Last Dragon*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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