María Fernanda Suárez de Garay, known professionally as Mafer Suárez, is a Mexican director, screenwriter, and producer. She is best known for her work on the Mexican television series Mujeres asesinas. She has received a lifetime achievement award from The Association of Women in Cinema and Television, and a Silver Cross for career from the GIFF.[1]

Early life

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Suárez is from Tampico, Tamaulipas.[2] In 2019, she helped organize the first Independent Film Festival of Tamaulipas, held in Tampico.[3] Her younger sister is actress Cecilia Suárez.[2] She has spoken against the concept of nepotism and said that she only works with Cecilia when the production demands it;[4] Cecilia has expressed the same.[5]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Work Notes
1995 El abuelo Cheno y otras historias [6] Producer
1997 Nic Habana [7] Short, as María Fernanda Suárez
1999 Del olvido al no me acuerdo [es] / Juan, I forgot I don't remember [8] Producer; as María Fernanda Suárez
2000 Seré la de tus sueños / The One of Your Dreams I'll Be [9] Video short
2004 Lo de menos [2] Short
2006 Sexo, amor y otras perversiones [10] as María Fernanda Suárez; segment in anthology film
2015 A Selfie [11] Short

Television

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Year Work Director Writer Channel Notes
1999 Cuentos para solitarios Yes Yes MVS TV/Universal Pictures [5]
2010 Gritos de muerte y libertad [es] Yes Yes Televisa [1]
2008-2010 Mujeres asesinas / Revolution Yes Yes Televisa/Cablevisión [2][4][5] Given a theatre adaptation in 2019, which Suárez also directed
2011 El encanto del águila [es] Yes Televisa/Canal 2 [1][12]
2018 Niñas Promedio Yes Canal 11 [13] Miniseries
2019 Playing with Fire Yes Telemundo/Netflix [14][15]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Reconocen trayectorias de Mafer Suárez y María Novaro". Multimedios (in Spanish). 2013-07-21. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  2. ^ a b c d "Mafer y Cecilia Suárez hermanas, cómplices y asesinas". Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  3. ^ Mijangos, Baldemar (2019-06-18). "Anuncian 1er Festival de Cine Independiente en Tampico". HoyTamaulipas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  4. ^ a b Camacho, Alma Rosa. "Pedro Torres y Gabriel Varela llevan crímenes y humor negro al teatro". El Sol de Tlaxcala (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  5. ^ a b c "Cecilia Suárez niega nepotismo en Revolución". www.zocalo.com.mx. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  6. ^ "El abuelo Cheno | La Media Luna Producciones". lamedialuna.mx. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  7. ^ "Jurado - Cecilia Suárez". FICM. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  8. ^ "DEL OLVIDO AL NO ME ACUERDO (1999)". BFI. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  9. ^ "Mafer Suárez". BFI. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  10. ^ Cinedor. "Sexo, Amor Y Otras Perversiones (2006)". CineDor (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  11. ^ "Mafer Suárez triunfa con una Selfie olvidada". www.eluniversal.com.mx. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  12. ^ "Los 13 capítulos de El Encanto del Águila". noticierostelevisa.esmas.com. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  13. ^ ""Niñas Promedio"". oncenoticias.tv. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  14. ^ "TELEMUNDO UNVEILS TRAILER FOR "JUGAR CON FUEGO," PREMIERING TUESDAY, JANUARY 22 AT 9PM/8 | NBCUniversal Media Village". www.nbcumv.com. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  15. ^ "Jason Day y "Jugar con fuego" desde este 31 de mayo en Netflix". andina.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-05.
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