---
name: "Fede Álvarez"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fede-alvarez"
fi1m_id: "fede-alvarez"
imdb_id: "nm1793079"
tmdb_id: 932248
wikidata_id: "Q5439920"
roles: ["Director","Writer"]
born: "9 February 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T04:06:02.175849+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."
---

# Fede Álvarez

## Identity

Fede Álvarez

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fede-alvarez
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** fede-alvarez
- **IMDb ID:** nm1793079
- **TMDB ID:** 932248
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5439920
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fede_%C3%81lvarez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5439920, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1793079/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/932248

Director and writer. Born 9 February 1978 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer
- **Born:** 9 February 1978, Montevideo, Uruguay
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Also known as:** Federico Álvarez, Federico Álvarez Mattos, Феде Альварес, Federico Javier Álvarez Mattos
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Rodo Sayagues](https://film.one/person/rodo-sayagues.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fede_%C3%81lvarez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5439920, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1793079/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/932248

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Alien: Romulus*](https://film.one/film/alien-romulus.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Fede Álvarez, also credited as Federico Álvarez, is a Uruguayan director, screenwriter and producer. He was born Federico Javier Álvarez Mattos on 9 February 1978 in Montevideo. His breakthrough came with the short film *Panic Attack!* (2009), which led to a deal with Ghost House Pictures.

Álvarez made his feature debut directing and co-writing the remake *Evil Dead* (2013). He followed this with *Don't Breathe* (2016), which he directed, co-wrote and produced. He later directed *The Girl in the Spider's Web* (2018) and co-wrote and directed *Alien: Romulus* (2024).

He frequently collaborates with screenwriter Rodo Sayagues. Álvarez is the son of Uruguayan journalist Luciano Álvarez and is based in Los Angeles, where he holds dual Uruguayan and United States citizenship.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, es.wikipedia.org, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *Alien: Romulus* (2024), Fi1m 70, Executive Producer, Writer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/alien-romulus.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Chaos Walking* (2021), Fi1m 44, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/chaos-walking.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Alien: Romulus* (2024), Director, Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/alien-romulus.md)
- *Texas Chainsaw Massacre* (2022), Story, Producer
- *Don't Breathe 2* (2021), Characters, Writer, Producer
- *Calls* (2021), series, as Jesus (voice) · Teleplay, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Chaos Walking* (2021), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/chaos-walking.md)
- *My Heart Goes Boom!* (2020), Thanks
- *The Girl in the Spider's Web* (2018), Director, Screenplay
- *The Plague* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Don't Breathe* (2016), Director, Writer, Producer
- *From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series* (2014), series, Director
- *Evil Dead* (2013), Director, Screenplay
- *Panic Attack!* (2009), Director, Animation, Editor, Producer, Visual Effects Supervisor, Writer
- *Mr. Balls* (2005), Producer, Writer, Editor, Director
- *El Último Alevare* (2003), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Los Pocillos* (2001), Director, Editor
- *16 States*, Producer, Director
- *Untitled Alien: Romulus Sequel*, Writer, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Fede Álvarez](https://film.one/media/person/11131/gallery-b1ba2ba98abd.jpg) Fede Álvarez — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Fede_Alvarez_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Fede_Alvarez_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Fede Álvarez](https://film.one/media/person/11131/gallery-bc95e8cb0217.jpg) Fede Álvarez — Image via TMDB
- ![Fede Álvarez](https://film.one/media/person/11131/gallery-845984204f70.jpg) Fede Álvarez — Image via TMDB
- ![Fede Álvarez](https://film.one/media/person/11131/gallery-808ae02bb176.jpg) Fede Álvarez — Image via TMDB

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