Roberto Sneider is a graduate of Universidad Iberoamericana and of the directing program at The American Film Institute. Dos Crímenes his first feature film as writer, producer and director obtained more than fifteen international awards including the Montgolfier d'Or (Nantes, France), Cinedecouvertes Award, (Belgium), International Critics' Award (FIPRESCI) and three Mexican Academy awards. It also became the most successful Mexican film of the year at the box office He produced Frida, based on Hayden Herrera's biography of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, which received 6 Academy Award nominations, winning 2 of them. He wrote, produced and directed Arráncame la Vida, which is one of the highest grossing Mexican films ever. It was shortlisted for the Best Foreign Film Oscar, and won three Mexican Academy awards. He was a producer on Aqui entre Nos (winner of the Bronce Zenith at Montreal International Film Festival), on the feature length documentary Journey of dreams, and on Las Horas Contigo (winner of the FIPRESCI award in Guadalajara). Sneider is director, producer and screenwriter of You're Killing Me, Susana based on Ciudades Desiertas, the novel de José Agustín and starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Veronica Echegui and Ashley Hinshaw.
Mill Valley Film Festival
