Olallo Rubio
- Directing
- June 3, 1977 · Mexico
Biography
Olallo Rubio Maauad is a Mexican filmmaker and broadcaster. He is known for his documentaries (So, What's Your Price?, Gimme the Power, and Ilusión Nacional) and the feature film This Is Not a Movie. Rubio's career began in radio at XHDL-FM. His first film, So, What's Your Price?, a documentary film critical of consumerism, premiered at the 2007 Guadalajara International Film Festival. His next film, This Is Not a Movie, stars Edward Furlong as a man who grapples with existential questions during the end of the world. It premiered at the Morelia International Film Festival in 2010 and had a budget of $3 million. Gimme the Power, released just before the 2012 Mexican general election, is a rockumentary about the Mexican band Molotov that is also critical of Mexican politics.[6] His latest film, released in 2014 just prior to the 2014 FIFA World Cup,[5] is Ilusión Nacional, a documentary about football in Mexico.
Known for
Filmography
- Torment · Director, Screenplay
- ¿Por qué la vida es así? · Writer, Director
- Jefes de jefes · Director
- Ilusión Nacional · Narrator, Director
- For Those About to Rock. The Story of Rodrigo y Gabriela · Self
- Gimme the Power · Self, Director
- This Is Not a Movie · Director, Writer
- So, What's Your Price? · Director
- Gimme Power · Radio DJ (uncredited)