Directing

Jorge V. Cortés

Born February 20, 2001 · El Paso, Texas, USA (age 25)

Jorge V. Cortés is a Mexican-American filmmaker, writer, and visual storyteller born on February 20, 2001, in El Paso, Texas, and raised in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Based in Torreón, Coahuila since the age of 15, he began his filmmaking journey in 2021 with a self-taught, independent approach. His work often explores themes of memory, identity, emotional trauma, and redemption, drawing deeply from h…

Known For

The Lone Wolf

MovieActionCrime

An unexpected visit forces Vicente to decide between a new path or facing his past and its consequences.

Goodbye, Luca

It's an intimate short film set around a heartfelt conversation between a couple in a park. Through their dialogue, the story explores the contrast between chasing dreams and searching for identity, reflecting on how love can fracture when life paths move in different directions.

Hero

A young man faces a therapeutic process where he begins to immerse himself in the labyrinth of his memories that give way to a deep confusion about his own identity.

Primera Luz

A story about the characters of The Lone Wolf

Verónica

Verónica · 2023

Veronica it's a young woman who has recently arrived to the city and one morning when she receives a voice message from her mother

Contacto Cero

MovieDramaRomance

Luisa goes through constant sadness and depression due to the no-contact rule imposed by her ex-partner Roberto. As the story progresses, we will see that Roberto was not as charming as he seemed.

Raid

MovieDramaFamily

A young Latino U.S. citizen in El Paso risks everything by pretending to be undocumented during an immigration raid, helping a mother reunite with her son and exposing the human cost of border enforcement.

The Girl Between The Pink Clouds

The Girl Between The Pink Clouds · 2022

The Girl Between The Pink Clouds

MovieRomanceDrama

Gema's peace will be at stake when the only person with she feels like herself leaves the country, taking away her chance to see him again.

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The Lone Wolf

MovieActionCrime

An unexpected visit forces Vicente to decide between a new path or facing his past and its consequences.

Director

Goodbye, Luca

It's an intimate short film set around a heartfelt conversation between a couple in a park. Through their dialogue, the story explores the contrast between chasing dreams and searching for identity, reflecting on how love can fracture when life paths move in different directions.

Director

Hero

A young man faces a therapeutic process where he begins to immerse himself in the labyrinth of his memories that give way to a deep confusion about his own identity.

Director

Primera Luz

A story about the characters of The Lone Wolf

Director

Verónica

Verónica · 2023

Veronica it's a young woman who has recently arrived to the city and one morning when she receives a voice message from her mother

Producer

Contacto Cero

MovieDramaRomance

Luisa goes through constant sadness and depression due to the no-contact rule imposed by her ex-partner Roberto. As the story progresses, we will see that Roberto was not as charming as he seemed.

Director

Raid

MovieDramaFamily

A young Latino U.S. citizen in El Paso risks everything by pretending to be undocumented during an immigration raid, helping a mother reunite with her son and exposing the human cost of border enforcement.

Director

The Girl Between The Pink Clouds

The Girl Between The Pink Clouds · 2022

The Girl Between The Pink Clouds

MovieRomanceDrama

Gema's peace will be at stake when the only person with she feels like herself leaves the country, taking away her chance to see him again.

Writer

The Things Mom Never Said

The Things Mom Never Said

The Things Mom Never Said

A once famous writer spends his final years trying to finish a novel about his late wife. When his estranged daughter returns home and begins to help, she discovers a different truth hidden in old diaries and memories, one her father refuses to accept. As she rewrites the story, they are forced to face the silence, the wounds, and the things mom never said.

Director

Héroe

In Héroe, Policarpo, a young man from El Paso raised in Ciudad Juárez, moves to Torreón, where the memory of his father and ongoing family tensions lead him to question who he is and who he wants to become as he navigates the complicated path to adulthood.

Director

You Are Not America

You Are Not America

You Are Not America

A Mexican migrant girl attends a job interview at an American company.

Director

Vicente

Vicente · 2025

MovieActionDrama

Still reeling from the loss of Irene, Vicente lives in the shadow of guilt. But when his buried past comes back to light, he must face what he’s tried to outrun, and decide if there’s still a way out.

Director

The Lone Wolf

MovieActionDrama

In a world on the brink of collapse, Jordi must face the dark legacy of his father and choose who he wants to become, a reflection of the past, or the beginning of something new.

Director