Diego del Río is a stage director, director of actors and actresses, film director, opera director, author and acting teacher. He holds a degree in Theater, graduated with honors from the Universidad de las Américas in Puebla. Winner of the Ariel 2024 for Best First Film for his film "Todo el Silencio" produced by Luis Salinas, Inna Payán, María Ayub and Adriana Llabrés. It was nominated for six Ariel Awards including Best Film and won four of them.
His work in theater has merited multiple nominations and awards from specialized critics in the categories of Best Play, Best Direction, Best Adaptation and Revelation Director, including the APT and ACPT awards and the METRO 2019 Award for Best Director for the play "ALMOST NORMAL". In 2021 he won the METRO award for Best theatrical project presented in digital format for the film piece "COORDENADAS SUTILES" of which he is also the author. And in 2023 the project "EL EFECTO MARIPOSA" which he directed with Iván Maraña, won the METRO award for Best Unipersonal. In 2016 he was named by Editorial Expansion as one of the "Mexican leaders who are changing Mexico".
She made her debut at the Palacio de Bellas Artes with the world premiere of the opera "JUANA SIN CIELO" by Alberto García Demestres for the Mexican soprano María Katzarava.
He is the founder and artistic director of the SUNLAND Performance Conservatory.
In addition to his work as a fiction director, he is a coach and trainer for people who want to develop public speaking skills, reconnect presence and develop an awareness of the body and voice in the transmission of messages to the public. This has led him to coach CEO's, Mexican Congressmen, YouTubers, leaders of Google Mexico, Grupo Posadas, teachers and "non-actors" around Mexico and Latin America.
