Juan Carlos Rulfo (Mexico City, 1964) is one of Mexico's most acclaimed filmmakers. After graduating from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in communications sciences, he studied film directing at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica. He has won numerous international awards, including "Best Documentary" at the Sundance, BAFICI, Miami, Biarritz and Karlovi Vary festivals. Juan Carlos holds Guggenheim, Rockefeller and MacArthur grants and was a member of the National System of Art Creators.
Rulfo's movie In The Pit won the Grand Jury Prize for an International Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. He also won the Ariel Awards for Best Editing and Best First Work for his movie Del Olvido al No me Acuerdo, and was nominated for Best Direction and Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. Rulfo has also won at the Goya Awards, the Guadalajara International Film Festival, the Havana Film Festival, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the Montréal World Film Festival.
