Ricardo Del Rio has worked in the film industry since 1983. He started in the visual effects and miniatures departments for several major international productions shot in Mexico City during the 80s such as "Dune", "Conan - The Destroyer" and "Honey ...I Shrunk the Kids", later as production coordinator, production supervisor, editor and post-production supervisor in dozens of films in the wake of the rising Mexican film industry but he specialized in American feature films shot in Mexico. During the 90s he worked as Location Manager, Unit Production Manager and over the past 19 years he has Line Produced, Co-Produced and Executive Produced many international feature films. Since year 1999, Ricardo Del Río has co-produced/line produced many of the most successful international feature films shot in Mexico including "Nacho Libre" for Paramount Pictures, "The Matador" for The Mark Gordon Company, "The Mexican" for Dreamworks, "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" for Disney Studios, "Vantage Point" for Sony Pictures and "Fast & Furious" for Universal Studios; during this time he has also managed or supervised the Mexico Units of films such as "Kill Bill Vol. 2", "The Heartbreak Kid", "The Cave", "You Don't Mess with the Zohan" and "Limitless" through his production services company Art In Motion - Mexico. His credits also include "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" and "Borderland" as 1st Assistant Director and John Carpenter's "Vampires: Los Muertos", "Deadly Swarm" and "Vantage Point" as 2nd Unit Director. Over the past five years Ricardo Del Rio Executive Produced "Little Boy" for Metanoia Films and "Hands Of Stone", shot in Panama and New York, starring Robert De Niro, Edgar Ramirez, Usher and John Turturro for La Piedra Films, he Line Produced "Fate of the Furious" for Universal Studios in Havana, Cuba (the first US major motion picture ever to shoot in Cuba since the Cuban Revolution), followed by "Transformers V - The Last Knight" for Paramount Pictures. Ricardo has also supervised several projects for Film Finances International, Netflix Serials and Feature Films for various studios including MGM. Although Ricardo Del Rio has specialized in North American features shot in Latin America, he has written and produced several Mexican features over his 35-year career. As a co-founder of the National Film Commission - México and the Puerto Vallarta Film Commission, Ricardo Del Río has worked closely with Mexican Unions and Official Institutions in the US and Mexico to help develop a thriving and reliable Latin-American film industry that can provide top quality services in Latin America to any production, regardless of its nationality, complexity or budget size.
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Biography from IMDb.
- January 31, 1966 (60)
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Producer and editor
- 11 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are Ricardo Del Río's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 7
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 4 · Dark 1
Grounded 1 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 2
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 2 · Intense 3
Steady 3 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 2
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 4
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 2
Casual 6 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 1
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Ricardo Del Río's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Ricardo Del Río's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
14 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.
Hotel Cocaine(2024)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
Ruta Madre(2019)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
The Fate of the Furious(2017)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Little Boy(2015)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Beverly Hills Chihuahua(2008)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Vantage Point(2008)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Borderland(2007)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Nacho Libre(2006)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
The Matador(2005)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Kill Bill: Vol. 2(2004)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Vampires: Los Muertos(2002)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Bésame en la boca (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
El Asesino del Zodiaco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Imperio de los Malditos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Career shape
A full career of 11 titles from 1992 to 2024.
Biggest box office
The Fate of the Furious (2017)
Highest rated
Little Boy (2015)
Most popular right now
The Fate of the Furious (2017)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Ricardo Del Río's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 11 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved2
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the pacing 56/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 65, detractors 31. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Ricardo Del Río's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Ricardo Del Río work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ricardo Del Río's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Héctor Jiménez shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Héctor JiménezShared titles: Ruta Madre (2019), Nacho Libre (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Héctor Jiménez
- Paul RodriguezShared titles: Ruta Madre (2019), Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Paul Rodriguez
Composers
- Brian TylerShared titles: The Fate of the Furious (2017), Vampires: Los Muertos (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Brian Tyler
Producers
- Neal H. MoritzShared titles: The Fate of the Furious (2017), Vantage Point (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Neal H. Moritz
- Steve NicolaidesShared titles: Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008), Nacho Libre (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Steve Nicolaides