Issa López
Issa López
Biography
Issa López is a Mexican director, writer and producer. Twelve Spanish language features have been produced from her scripts, four of them directed by herself. She has won several literary awards, including the National Novel Award granted by Mexico's Institute of Fine Arts and Literature in 2007. In 2017, Tigers Are Not Afraid (Vuelven in Spanish) premiered at Fantastic Fest, in Austin, Texas. Written and directed by López, the film received the Best Horror Director Award, and went on to collect fifty-one awards in film festivals around the world, three Diosas de Plata, including Best Picture and Best Director, and received ten Ariel Awards nominations, of which it won two. The film earned multiple positive reviews by major trades and critics, and a rating of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes. Currently, López is developing projects with Guillermo del Toro, Noah Hawley and Jason Blum. She directed and co-wrote all episodes of the fourth installment of HBO's TV series True Detective, which aired in January and February of 2024, as True Detective: Night Country. Description above from the Wikipedia article Issa López, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Known Credits
35
Gender
Female
Birthday
Birthday not available
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Mexico
Acting

2022

Something in the Dirt as Isabel

2010

Speed of Glory as Tony
Crew

2024

Noche de Bodas Writer

2017

Tigers Are Not Afraid Screenplay

2017

Tigers Are Not Afraid Director

2017

Tigers Are Not Afraid Executive Producer

2015

A la mala Screenplay

2015

600 Miles Writer

2014

True Detective Executive Producer

2014

True Detective Writer

2014

True Detective Director

2014

True Detective Teleplay

2014

True Detective Story

2014

True Detective Creator

2013

Pulling Strings Screenplay

2012

Class Trip Screenplay

2008

Casi divas Director

2008

Casi divas Writer

2007

Charm School Screenplay

2006

Personal Effects Writer

2006

Personal Effects Director

2007

Charm School Story

2003

Ladies' Night Screenplay

NaN

Lost Souls Director

NaN

Lost Souls Screenplay

NaN

Our Lady of Tears Director

NaN

Our Lady of Tears Screenplay