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He graduted with a degree in Communication studies from the Universidad Iberoamericana. He also studied at the Royal Weber Academy of Dramatic Art in England and the Odin Teatre of Denmark. He also studied with the following directors: Polish Jerzy Grotowsky, French Phillipe Gaullier and Italian Carlos Bosso. Back to Mexico he worked on the telenovela (soap opera) industry for Televisa y TV Azteca, directing actors such as Gael García Bernal, Salma Hayek, Chayanne and Angélica Aragón. He directed ten plays as well including Sexo, pudor y lágrimas, which he wrote himself. He made this play into a movie in 1999 which became the highest grossing of his time (118 millones Mexican pesos or 12 million US dollars at the exchange rate of 1999). The movie was seen by for 6 months by millions and earned several Ariels awarded by the Mexican Academy of Film. His following films were Lucia, Lucia with All About My Mother Spanish actress Cecilia Roth and the short-film El Torzón for the series of short-films about violence in Mexico City. Communication studies is the academic discipline which studies communication; subdisciplines include animal communication, argumentation, speech communication, rhetoric, communication theory, group communication, information theory, intercultural communication, interpersonal communication, intrapersonal communication, marketing, organizational communication, persuasion, propaganda, public affairs, public relations and telecommunication. ... The Ibero-American University (in Spanish: Universidad Iberoamericana) its a private institution of higher education sponsored by the Society of Jesus in Mexico City. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... Telenovela is the Spanish and Portuguese word for prime time serial or soap opera. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Gael García Bernal Gael García Bernal (born November 30, 1978) is a Mexican actor. ... Salma Hayek Salma Hayek (born September 2, 1966, in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico) is a Mexican actress. ... Chayanne (born June 28, 1968) is a singer who was born as Elmer Figueroa de Arce in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The peso is the currency of Mexico. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... Ariel etymologically derives from (אֲרִיאֵל, Standard Hebrew Ariʾel, Tiberian Hebrew ʾĂrîʾēl) a unisex name meaning lion God. ... Lucia, Lucia (Spanish title: La Hija del canibal) is a 2003 Spanish independent film, directed and written by Antonio Serrano. ... All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) is a 1999 film written and directed by the Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar, starring Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan and Penélope Cruz. ...

Telenovelas

• Cara o cruz (2002)
• La vida en el espejo (1999)
• Mirada de mujer (1997)
• Nada personal (1996)
• Mágica juventud (1992)
• Teresa (1989)

Teresa is a Mexican telenovela that aired on Televisa in 1989. ...

Teatro

• Café americano (1992)
• Sexo, pudor y lágrimas (1990)
• Doble cara (1988)
• A destiempo (1986)

Filmography (as a director)

• Cero y van cuatro (segment "El Torzón") (2004)
• La hija del canibal (Lucía, Lucía) (2003)
• Sexo, pudor y lágrimas (Sex, Shame & Tears) (1999)

The Mexican poster Lucía, Lucía (La hija del caníbal) is a Mexican film (co-produced with Spain) and the second by Antonio Serrano. ... Sexo, pudor y lágrimas (Sex, Shame, and Tears) is a Mexican film, the second of the so-called New Era of the Mexican Cinema (the first one was Like Water for Chocolate). ...

Filmography (as an actor)

• Un hombre ejemplar (2005)
• Un hilito de sangre (1995)
• La dedicatoria (1992)
• The comfort of strangers (1990)
• La última luna (1990)
• Romero (1989)
• Tranquille donne di compagna (1980)

Romero is a film depicting the life of assassinated Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero, played by Raúl Juliá. Richard Jordan and Ana Alicia also appeared in the film. ...

External links

• Profile on the Mexican cinema site of the ITESM (in Spanish).
• Cero y van cuatro review at the Morelia Film Festival (In Spanish).
• Antonio Serrano at the Internet Movie Database