María Fernanda Suárez de Garay, known professionally as Mafer Suárez, is a Mexican director, screenwriter, and producer. She is best known for her work on the Mexican television series Mujeres asesinas. She has received a lifetime achievement award from The Association of Women in Cinema and Television, and a Silver Cross for career from the GIFF.[1]
Early life
editSuárez is from Tampico, Tamaulipas.[2] In 2019, she helped organize the first Independent Film Festival of Tamaulipas, held in Tampico.[3] Her younger sister is actress Cecilia Suárez.[2] She has spoken against the concept of nepotism and said that she only works with Cecilia when the production demands it;[4] Cecilia has expressed the same.[5]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Work | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | El abuelo Cheno y otras historias | [6] Producer |
| 1997 | Nic Habana | [7] Short, as María Fernanda Suárez |
| 1999 | Del olvido al no me acuerdo / Juan, I forgot I don't remember | [8] Producer; as María Fernanda Suárez |
| 2000 | Seré la de tus sueños / The One of Your Dreams I'll Be | [9] Video short |
| 2004 | Lo de menos | [2] Short |
| 2006 | Sexo, amor y otras perversiones | [10] as María Fernanda Suárez; segment in anthology film |
| 2015 | A Selfie | [11] Short |
Television
edit| Year | Work | Director | Writer | Channel | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Cuentos para solitarios | Yes | Yes | MVS TV/Universal Pictures | [5] |
| 2010 | Gritos de muerte y libertad | Yes | Yes | Televisa | [1] |
| 2008-2010 | Mujeres asesinas / Revolution | Yes | Yes | Televisa/Cablevisión | [2][4][5] Given a theatre adaptation in 2019, which Suárez also directed |
| 2011 | El encanto del águila | Yes | Televisa/Canal 2 | [1][12] | |
| 2018 | Niñas Promedio | Yes | Canal 11 | [13] Miniseries | |
| 2019 | Playing with Fire | Yes | Telemundo/Netflix | [14][15] |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Reconocen trayectorias de Mafer Suárez y María Novaro". Multimedios (in Spanish). 2013-07-21. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ a b c d "Mafer y Cecilia Suárez hermanas, cómplices y asesinas". Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ Mijangos, Baldemar (2019-06-18). "Anuncian 1er Festival de Cine Independiente en Tampico". HoyTamaulipas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ a b Camacho, Alma Rosa. "Pedro Torres y Gabriel Varela llevan crímenes y humor negro al teatro". El Sol de Tlaxcala (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ a b c "Cecilia Suárez niega nepotismo en Revolución". www.zocalo.com.mx. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ "El abuelo Cheno | La Media Luna Producciones". lamedialuna.mx. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ "Jurado - Cecilia Suárez". FICM. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ "DEL OLVIDO AL NO ME ACUERDO (1999)". BFI. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ "Mafer Suárez". BFI. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ Cinedor. "Sexo, Amor Y Otras Perversiones (2006)". CineDor (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ "Mafer Suárez triunfa con una Selfie olvidada". www.eluniversal.com.mx. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ "Los 13 capítulos de El Encanto del Águila". noticierostelevisa.esmas.com. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ ""Niñas Promedio"". oncenoticias.tv. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ "TELEMUNDO UNVEILS TRAILER FOR "JUGAR CON FUEGO," PREMIERING TUESDAY, JANUARY 22 AT 9PM/8 | NBCUniversal Media Village". www.nbcumv.com. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ "Jason Day y "Jugar con fuego" desde este 31 de mayo en Netflix". andina.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-05.
External links
edit- Mafer Suárez at IMDb