Santiago Bonilla, born in 1988, in México, was graduated with honors from a bachelor degree in Hispanic literature and linguistics with a thesis about memory. He was assistant for researcher Yvette Jiménez de Báez at El Colegio de México and then studied filmmaking at Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos (CUEC-UNAM) where he directed, wrote and was the director of photography of several short films. He was granted with Jóvenes creadores FONCA under Ximena Cuevas’ mentorship. He won the screenplay price at XVe Festival Internacional de Cine de Morielia (FICM) and has been working as assistant director and director of photography ever since. His work deals with memory and landscape.

2017: Sélectionné dans le programme Jóvenes Creadores del Fonca
Prix au Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia (FICM)
Assistant direction de La camarista, film, prix FICM
2012 – 2017: Cinéma au Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos (cuec-unam)
2007 – 2011: Langue et littératures hispaniques à l’UNAM