Ehécatl García was born in Mexico City. Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez, he studied journalism at UNAM because he wanted to tell stories. Soon after, he entered the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in 2004, where he directed his first short films; such as "Laszlo" (2009), which is the story of a man who gets trapped in a bear's boot; this work was shown in international forums such as the short film festival in Biarritz, France.
His thesis for graduating from the cinematography career; "Qué importa Corazón" (2011), was a short film that excelled at the Guadalajara FICG and at the Havana Film Festival in 2012. Her feature film "Cría Puercos", had its world premiere at the 2018 FICG and led it to a nomination at the 2019 Arieles in the category of: Best Opera Prima and Best Actress. The former is a film that portrays the human nature of the relationship between an elderly woman and her piglet.
The film won several audience awards at festivals such as the Durango Mexican Film Festival and the Mérida Yucatán International Film Festival. And because of its migration theme, it has been a film that has had a long trajectory in Latin American film festivals such as Chicago, Houston, Paris and Mar del Plata.
Ehécatl has more than 16 years working as a continuist, and this experience has given him the privilege of sitting on the set next to directors such as: Manolo Caro, Rodrigo García, Natalia Beristain, Ernesto Contreras, among others. Giving him the opportunity to have been in the front row learning how decisions are made within the work of directing films.
He has an affinity for working with moving narratives, so family stories, dramas for children and young adults, are a field from which he knows how to harvest emotions. Currently he can be seen glued to the keyboard where he says he is writing the next films he would like to see in the cinema.
