Manolo Caro
{{Short description|Mexican director (born 1985)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{family name hatnote|Caro|Serrano|lang=Spanish}}
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| name = Manolo Caro
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| caption = Caro in December 2017
| birth_name = Manuel Caro Serrano
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1985}}
| birth_place = Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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| occupation = Director, producer
| years_active = 2004–present
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Manolo Caro (born 1985) is a Mexican director, known for films including Tales of an Immoral Couple and the Netflix series The House of Flowers and Someone Has To Die. He also directed the film Perfect Strangers. All of these star Caro's frequent collaborator Cecilia Suárez.{{Cite web|url=https://remezcla.com/features/film/cecilia-suarez-manolo-caro-perfectos-desconocidos-interview/|title=Cecilia Suárez & Manolo Caro on their Two Decades of Friendship and Creative Collaboration|date=10 January 2019|website=Remezcla|language=en-US|access-date=4 November 2019}}
Early life
He was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, in 1985, son of Norma Alicia Serrano and Gil Caro.{{Cite web|url=https://www.clase.in/articulo/2018/08/28/como-es-la-vieda-de-manolo-caro-director-de-la-casa-de-las-flores|title=Cómo es la vieda de Manolo Caro director de La Casa de las Flores|date=28 August 2018|website=Clase.in}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He studied architecture at the TEC de Monterrey, Mexico City campus, and later studied directing at the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños, in Cuba, and at the studio of Juan Carlos Corazza, in Madrid.{{Cite web|url=http://cmxmexico.com/talento/manolo-caro/|title=CMX: Celebrity Management Mexico|date=31 March 2016|website=CMX: Celebrity Management Mexico|language=en|access-date=4 November 2019}}
Caro first met Cecilia Suárez when he was a teenager and she visited his high school to listen to a reading of Los cuervos están de luto; the pair were introduced after the reading by his teacher, Suárez' cousin.
Career
Caro has his own production company, called Noc Noc Cinema,{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/global/netflix-signs-mexico-manolo-caro-exclusive-multi-year-deal-1203209704/|title=Netflix Signs Up Mexico's Manolo Caro to Exclusive Multi-Year Pact|last=de la Fuente|first=Anna Marie|date=9 May 2019|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=17 November 2019}} which is a division of Woo Films.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/woo-films-backs-natalia-beristain-manolo-caro-teams-natalia-garcia-agraz-1203404776/|title=Woo Films Backs Natalia Beristain as Manolo Caro Teams with Natalia Garcia Agraz (EXCLUSIVE)|last=Hopewell|first=John|date=14 November 2019|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=18 November 2019}} By November 2019, the Woo/Noc Noc body of development was seen as one of the strongest across both TV and film in Mexico.
His first feature film was 2013's No sé si cortarme las venas o dejármelas largas, which he adapted from a play he wrote. He is the only Mexican director to have been in the country's box office top ten for three consecutive years.
In May 2019, Caro signed an exclusive four-year deal with streaming platform Netflix, which had hosted his show The House of Flowers since 2018, to create more television shows; at the time he was developing Someone Has To Die for the platform; the Netflix Latin America and Spain VP said of Caro at the time that he has a "great talent [...] for relevant, unique and personal stories [that] makes him one of the most interesting and playful voices of his generation". Suárez has said that Caro's background as an architect allows him to find new and unique angles for filming, adding that he also finds unique spots with characters.{{Citation|title=Cecilia Suárez y Aislinn Derbez - El acento en la casa de las flores|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DuuaIy4x-s|language=en|access-date=5 January 2020}}
Of Caro's works up to 2019, only Amor de mis amores does not star Suárez.
Filmography
= Film =
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!Year !Title !Director !Writer !Producer !Notes |
| 2004
|Motel |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Short |
| 2007
|Gente bien... atascada |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Short |
| 2008
|Lulú la del pez |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Short |
| 2013
|No sé si cortarme las venas o dejármelas largas |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} | |
| 2014
|La fabulosa y patética historia de un montaje I Love Romeo y Julieta |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Documentary |
| 2013
|{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |Does not star Suárez |
| 2014
|Elvira, te daría mi vida pero la estoy usando |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} | |
| 2016
|{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | |
| 2018
|{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} | |
| TBA
|Straight |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Adaptation from theatre; Caro also directed the stage play in its Latin American debut{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/straight-de-manolo-caro-la-pantalla-grande|title="Straight", de Manolo Caro, a la pantalla grande|website=www.eluniversal.com.mx|date=12 May 2018 |access-date=9 November 2019}} |
| TBA
|Extraños Que Se Besan |{{no}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |
= Television =
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!Year(s) !Title !Director !Writer ! Producer ! Network !Notes |
| 2018–2020
|{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | rowspan="4" |Netflix | |
| 2020
|{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | |
| 2022
|Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | |
| 2022–2023
|{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | |
= Awards =
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| width="10" | Year
! width="160" | Award ! width="500" | Category ! width="170" | Nominated work ! width="30" | Result ! width="10" | Ref. |
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| 2025
|Leyenda (Legend) |Whole oeuvre |{{won}} |
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|1919456}}
{{Manolo Caro}}
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Category:Mexican film directors
Category:Mexican television directors
Category:Mexican LGBTQ film directors
Category:LGBTQ television directors
Category:Mexican LGBTQ screenwriters
Category:Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education alumni