Manolo Caro Explained

Manolo Caro
Birth Name:Manuel Caro Serrano
Birth Place:Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Occupation:Director, producer
Years Active:2004–present

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.[1]

Early life

He was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, in 1985, son of Norma Alicia Serrano and Gil Caro.[2] 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.[3]

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,[4] which is a division of Woo Films.[5] 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.

Of Caro's works up to 2019, only Amor de mis amores does not star Suárez.

Caro is openly gay.[6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotes
2004MotelShort
2007Gente bien... atascadaShort
2008Lulú la del pezShort
2013No sé si cortarme las venas o dejármelas largas
2014La fabulosa y patética historia de un montaje I Love Romeo y JulietaDocumentary
2013Amor de mis amoresDoes not star Suárez
2014Elvira, te daría mi vida pero la estoy usando
2016Tales of an Immoral Couple
2018Perfectos desconocidos
TBAStraightAdaptation from theatre; Caro also directed the stage play in its Latin American debut[7]
TBAExtraños Que Se BesanWith Natalia García Agraz

Television

Year(s)TitleDirectorWriterProducerChannelNotes
2018–2020The House of FlowersNetflix
2020Someone Has To Die
2022Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After
2022–2023Holy Family

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cecilia Suárez & Manolo Caro on their Two Decades of Friendship and Creative Collaboration. 10 January 2019. Remezcla. en-US. 4 November 2019.
  2. Web site: Cómo es la vieda de Manolo Caro director de La Casa de las Flores. 28 August 2018. Clase.in.
  3. Web site: CMX: Celebrity Management Mexico. 31 March 2016. CMX: Celebrity Management Mexico. en. 4 November 2019.
  4. Web site: Netflix Signs Up Mexico's Manolo Caro to Exclusive Multi-Year Pact. de la Fuente. Anna Marie. 9 May 2019. Variety. en. 17 November 2019.
  5. Web site: Woo Films Backs Natalia Beristain as Manolo Caro Teams with Natalia Garcia Agraz (EXCLUSIVE). Hopewell. John. 14 November 2019. Variety. en. 18 November 2019.
  6. Web site: Encuentro LGBTI con Manolo Caro ('La casa de las flores') y Carlos Montero ('Élite') . López . Juanra . 26 June 2020 . El Confidencial . 28 January 2021 .
  7. Web site: "Straight", de Manolo Caro, a la pantalla grande. www.eluniversal.com.mx. 12 May 2018 . 9 November 2019.