Jorge Michel Grau obtains a B.A. in Communication from the National Autonomous University of Mexico from 1994-1998 and then graduates with honors in Film Direction from the Centro de Capacitacion Cinematografica (CCC); in his professional career he has started as a producer of documentaries and cultural and educational television programs. Jorge has participated as a production manager on several films produced by the Mexican Film Institute, the CCC as well as independent productions. In 2004 he specializes in film direction at the Escola Superior de Cinema I Audivisuals de Catalunya (ESCAC) at Barcelona, Spain. He receives a scholarship from FONCA (National Fund for Culture and Arts) in support program for overseas studies and in 2009 he receives funding for a film project. In 2005 he studied Stage Direction at the National University Theatre School (CUT) with Raul Quintanilla and Art Direction with professor Alejandro Luna at the CCC. As a film director he has worked on short films from 2003 to 2007. He debuts as a feature film director with the film "Somos lo que hay" aka "We are what we are", selected to compete at the 42th Director's Fortnight (Quinzaine des Realisateurs) at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010 in Official Selection for the Camara D'or, and at 48th New York Film Festival 2010. The film has received the Silver Hugo Special Jury Prize for the international feature competition at the Chicago International Film festival, Sequense Prize at the Fantasia International Film Festival, Montreal; Best Picture and Script Next Wave at the Fantastic Fest, Austin. He was selected to participated at the Young Producer's Lab a the Morelia International Film Festival and for the Visionary Talent Campus (organized by the Berlin Film Festival) at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in March, 2008. He is a professor of Production, Assistant Direction and Set Logistics at the Centro de Capacitacion Cinematografica (CCC), as well as an advisor of thesis projects. He also teaches Film Produciton at the Extracurricular Program at the Political and Social Sciences Faculty of the National Autonomous University (UNAM), as well as Film Direction at KMZ Workshops. He published the article: "Un pays pris en otage par l'insecurite" in the "Le Monde Magazine, Special Cinema" in France, during the Cannes Film Festival 2010.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 1, 1973 (53)
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Director and writer, also producer
- 13 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
What are Jorge Michel Grau's films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 7
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 6
Grounded 3 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 7
Steady 2 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
Casual 2 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 5
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous9
- Cyclical1
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 Jorge Michel Grau's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Jorge Michel Grau'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
19 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page.
The Trial(2026)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Every Minute Counts(2024)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows
Rage(2023)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
High Heat(2022)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
Lost Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
45 Days In Harbar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Atrocious(2015)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
7:19 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Big Sky(2015)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Barbarous Mexico(2014)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
The ABCs of Death(2012)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
We Are What We Are(2013)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Chalán(2012)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
We Are What We Are(2010)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all filmsMi hermano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Kalimán (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Surviving Hurricane Otis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 16 titles, 14 of them dated from 2005 to 2024.
Biggest box office
We Are What We Are (2010)
Highest rated
We Are What We Are (2013)
Most popular right now
The Trial (2026)
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 Jorge Michel Grau's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 19th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 25th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th7
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 13 titles are Mixed.
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the atmosphere 62/100 and the pacing 29/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
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 Jorge Michel Grau's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 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 Jorge Michel Grau work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jorge Michel Grau's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Santiago Sanchez shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Moisés Ortiz UrquidiShared titles: Every Minute Counts (2024), High Heat (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Moisés Ortiz Urquidi
- Adam WingardShared titles: The ABCs of Death (2012), 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Adam Wingard
- Simon RumleyShared titles: The ABCs of Death (2012), 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Simon Rumley
Writers
- Alo ValenzuelaShared titles: Every Minute Counts (2024), Sierra Madre: No Trespassing (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Alo Valenzuela
Actors
- Miriam BalderasShared titles: Every Minute Counts (2024), We Are What We Are (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Miriam Balderas
- Francisco BarreiroShared titles: Rage (2023), We Are What We Are (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Francisco Barreiro
- Adrián AguirreShared titles: Barbarous Mexico (2014), We Are What We Are (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Adrián Aguirre
- Noé HernándezShared titles: Chalán (2012), We Are What We Are (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Noé Hernández
Cinematographers and editors
- Santiago SanchezShared titles: The Trial (2026), Every Minute Counts (2024), Rage (2023), Sierra Madre: No Trespassing (2023), Big Sky (2015), We Are What We Are (2010)See all 6 shared titles with Santiago Sanchez
- Alberto Anaya AdalidShared titles: Sierra Madre: No Trespassing (2023), Chalán (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Alberto Anaya Adalid
- Andres Riva SaftShared titles: Sierra Madre: No Trespassing (2023), High Heat (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Andres Riva Saft