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Alejandra Márquez Abella was born on 30 April 1982 in San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. She is a writer and director, known for Northern Skies Over Empty Space (2022), The Good Girls (2018) and Semana Santa (2015).
A Million Miles Away tells the incredible true story of José Moreno Hernández's journey from a migrant farmer to NASA engineer and astronaut. Director Alejandra Márquez Abella was drawn to José's story for its inspirational and motivational qualities, making it a privilege to work on the film.
Together with Issa López, Tatiana Huezo, Fernanda Valadez, and Natalia López Gallardo, Márquez Abella is one of the most prominent members of a new generation of Mexican filmmakers who are building on the legacy of Alejandro Iñárritu, Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón.
Alejandra Márquez Abella dove right in to adapt astronaut José Hernández’s compelling real-life journey for the screen.
Alejandra Marquez Abella, Mexico, Morelia Film Festival. A profile of Mexico’s Alejandra Marquez Abella, whose ‘The Good Girls,” world premiered in Toronto’s prestige Platform section.
In this interview, Alejandra Márquez Abella shares which film completely changed how she watches movies, why she admires the work of Lucrecia Martel, and why we shouldn't forget that films...
Filmmaker Alejandra Márquez Abella learned of José Hernández 15 years ago when his inspirational story made headlines: Hernández, who toiled in the fields as a child alongside his family, is the first migrant farmworker to become a NASA astronaut and go into space — a lifelong dream he realized after nearly a decade of ...
