Juan Elias Tovar

A Mexican writer with extensive experience. He has also worked as a screenwriter, script consultant, and translator. His most recent work includes co-writing the screenplay “Tengo miedo, torero” (Rodrigo Sepúlveda, 2020), based on the novel of the same name by Chilean author Pedro Lemebel, and the Spanish-language version of the play “El paraíso de la invención” (Isabela Coppel, 2020).

His credits as a documentary screenwriter include “1994” (Diego Enrique Osorno, 2019) and the Vice Media / Netflix series; “The Possibility of Hope” (Alfonso Cuarón, 2007).
As a script consultant, he worked on the films “Roma” (Alfonso Cuarón, 2018), “A Fantastic Woman” (Sebastián Lelio, 2017), both winners of the Oscar for Best International Feature Film, and “Disobedience” (Lelio, 2017).

He also served as head of development for Alfonso Cuarón’s production companies, Producciones Anhelo and Esperanto Filmoj, where a dozen projects—primarily feature films—were developed and the films “Crónicas” (Sebastián Cordero, 2004), “The Assassination of Richard Nixon” (Niels Mueller, 2004), “Año uña” (Jonás Cuarón, 2007) and “Rudo y Cursi” (Carlos Cuarón, 2008). He wrote the documentary series “1994”. In 2022, he completed an audio series for Sonoro, based on his own original idea. He is currently developing personal projects and two documentaries for HBO MAX.