Fernando Frias
Director, producer and writer, also cinematographer and editor · Born January 1, 1979 (47) · Mexico City, Mexico
Directors Guild Award nominee
Fernando Frías de la Parra (Mexico, 1979) is a writer-director. He completed Rezeta (2012), his first feature, while doing a master’s as a Fulbright scholar at Columbia University. His second film, I’m No Longer Here (2019, 34th Festival), was nominated for a Goya award. He directed such series as Los Espookys and Minx.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 1, 1979 (47)
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Director, producer and writer, also cinematographer and editor
- 9 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Fernando Frias' films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 2
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Fernando Frias' films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Fernando Frias' 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
13 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
The Miniature Wife(2026)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
Depeche Mode - Memento Mori: Mexico City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Depeche Mode: M(2025)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Minx(2022)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Welcome to Flatch(2022)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
Our Flag Means Death(2022)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
I'm No Longer Here(2019)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Los Espookys(2018)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Taco Chronicles(2019)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Rezeta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
God Knows Who... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Local Warming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles from 2008 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Depeche Mode: M (2025)
Highest rated
I'm No Longer Here (2019)
Most popular right now
I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me (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 Directors Guild Award in 2021, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time 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 Fernando Frias' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 92nd percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 93rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 80/100 and the pacing 42/100 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 Fernando Frias work with?
People who share at least 2 of Fernando Frias' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Damián García shares the most, 3.
Cinematographers and editors
- Damián GarcíaShared titles: Depeche Mode: M (2025), I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me (2023), I'm No Longer Here (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Damián García
- Yibran AsuadShared titles: I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me (2023), I'm No Longer Here (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Yibran Asuad
Producers
- Arturo SampsonShared titles: I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me (2023), Taco Chronicles (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Arturo Sampson
