Jayro Bustamante

Jayro Bustamante is a Guatemalan film director and screenwriter. He directed the 2015 film Ixcanul, which was selected as the Guatemalan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. He was named on the jury for the Best First Feature Award at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.

Directing

2006

[ ] Tout est question de fringues (Director)

2012

[ ] When I Grow Up (Director)

2015

[ ] Ixcanul (Director)

2019

[ ] Tremors (Director)
[ ] La Llorona (Director)

2023

[ ] Fuego Sagrado (Director)

2024

[ ] Rita (Director)

2025

[ ] Mountains of Fire (Director)

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[ ] Down Wind (Director)
[ ] El Sombreròn (Director)
[ ] Nada en la nevera (Director)

Writing

2012

[ ] When I Grow Up (Writer)

2015

[ ] Ixcanul (Screenplay)

2019

[ ] Tremors (Writer)
[ ] La Llorona (Writer)

2021

[ ] 1991 (Screenplay)

2024

[ ] Rita (Screenplay)

2025

[ ] Mountains of Fire (Writer)

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[ ] Nada en la nevera (Screenplay)

Production

2015

[ ] Ixcanul (Producer)

2019

[ ] La Llorona (Producer)
[ ] Tremors (Producer)

2024

[ ] Rita (Producer)
[ ] FELIPE (Producer)

2025

[ ] Comparsa (Executive Producer)

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[ ] El Sombreròn (Producer)

Editing

2019

[ ] La Llorona (Editor)