Arturo R. Jiménez

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Place of Birth Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico

Arturo R. Jiménez

Biography

Arturo R. Jiménez is a Mexican filmmaker, journalist, and educator with film experience in documentary and narrative projects. Arturo is interested in exploring the ways Mexico’s history has shaped the personality and culture of its people and its ties to a border world. His most recent fiction short film is El Fantasma, a narrative account of Lee Harvey Oswald’s visit to Mexico City two months before the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The film stars Ellar Coltrane as Oswald and Fernanda Rivera as Silvia Durán. In 2022, Latino Public Broadcasting selected Arturo for their inaugural Latino Emerging Filmmakers Fellowship. He is currently in post-production on a documentary he co-directed with Edna Diaz for LPB that delves into the heart of the current feminist movement in Mexico. Arturo currently lives in Austin, Texas.

Known For

Director

2021
El Fantasma

as Director

2015
Eisenstein in Guanajuato

as Script Supervisor

Producer

2023
Give

as Producer

2023
Moving Together

as Producer

2022
Chop & Steele

as Associate Producer

2022
Green Water

as Producer

Writer

2021
El Fantasma

as Writer