
Born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico in 1982, she studied filmmaking at the Centre d’Estudis Cinematogràfics de Catalunya in Barcelona. Her debut feature film, Semana Santa, and her second film, The Good Girls, both premiered at Toronto, the latter going on to screen at several festivals around the world and being nominated for 14 Mexican Academy of Film Awards. She has been working for television for more than a decade, including directing two episodes of the Narcos: Mexico series. El norte sobre el vacío is her third feature-length film.
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 30, 1982 (44)
- San Luis Potosí, Mexico
- Director, writer and producer
- 6 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
Known for
What are Alejandra Márquez Abella's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 2
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous3
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 Alejandra Márquez Abella's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Alejandra Márquez Abella'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
9 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

The Liberation(2025)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows
A Million Miles Away(2023)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Good Girls(2018)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Narcos: Mexico(2018)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Semana Santa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Mal de tierra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Untitled Mennonite Crime Thriller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles, 8 of them dated from 2011 to 2025.

Biggest box office
The Good Girls (2018)

Highest rated
A Million Miles Away (2023)

Most popular right now
Sierra Madre: No Trespassing (2023)
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.
Awards
Nominated for a Berlinale award in 2022, Feature Film.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Alejandra Márquez Abella's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 6 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 65/100 and the pacing 40/100 in their films, across 3 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.
Who does Alejandra Márquez Abella work with?
People who share at least 2 of Alejandra Márquez Abella's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Gabriel Nuncio shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Gabriel NuncioShared titles: The Liberation (2025), Sierra Madre: No Trespassing (2023), Northern Skies Over Empty Space (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Gabriel Nuncio

Actors
- Johanna MurilloShared titles: The Liberation (2025), Sierra Madre: No Trespassing (2023), The Good Girls (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Johanna Murillo

- Paloma PetraShared titles: The Liberation (2025), Sierra Madre: No Trespassing (2023), Northern Skies Over Empty Space (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Paloma Petra

- Cassandra CiangherottiShared titles: The Liberation (2025), The Good Girls (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Cassandra Ciangherotti

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Dariela Ludlow DeloyaShared titles: The Liberation (2025), A Million Miles Away (2023), The Good Girls (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Dariela Ludlow Deloya
- Tomás BarreiroShared titles: Sierra Madre: No Trespassing (2023), Northern Skies Over Empty Space (2022), The Good Girls (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Tomás Barreiro

- Camilo LaraShared titles: The Liberation (2025), A Million Miles Away (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Camilo Lara

- Miguel SchverdfingerShared titles: Northern Skies Over Empty Space (2022), The Good Girls (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Miguel Schverdfinger

Producers
- Adán PérezShared titles: Sierra Madre: No Trespassing (2023), Northern Skies Over Empty Space (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Adán Pérez

- Diego Enrique OsornoShared titles: Sierra Madre: No Trespassing (2023), Northern Skies Over Empty Space (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Diego Enrique Osorno

- Raúl VillarrealShared titles: Sierra Madre: No Trespassing (2023), Northern Skies Over Empty Space (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Raúl Villarreal
Mixed roles
- Ilse SalasShared titles: The Liberation (2025), The Good Girls (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Ilse Salas

