Gigi Saul Guerrero
Biography
Born and raised in Mexico City, also known by fans as "La Muñeca Del Terror" in Latin America. She is a Mexican genre director/filmmaker and actress now living in Vancouver Canada, she's described by VARIETY, L'ATTITUDE LATINXT as part of the new wave of Latino talent, and scored a First Look Deal with Jason Blum's BLUMHOUSE PRODUCTIONS. Gigi graduated with honors at Capilano University's BOSA CENTRE FOR FILM AND ANIMATION and is also a current Directing instructor at Vancouver Film School. She has been praised as one of the top, emerging directors in the horror genre by Empire, Dread Central, Fangoria and Bloody Disgusting. Guerrero is co-founder of Luchagore Productions In Vancouver Canada. Guerrero directed an action-packed episode for THE PURGE season 2. She directed her feature debut CULTURE SHOCK for Blumhouse Productions Television, winner of Best Primetime movie at IMAGEN AWARDS and it is still 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Now recently genre-bending fun flick Bingo Hell is on Amazon Prime where she co-wrote and directed. Guerrero started her career with several genre short films including gore-fest El Gigante, and viral hits like A Luchagore Christmas and Evil Dead in 60 seconds. In 2014, Guerrero participated in the Mexican horror anthology Mexico Bárbaro with its Day of the Dead segment while still in film school. Her series with Warner Brothers/Stage 13, La Quinceañera, won the Audience Award at the 2017 Morbido Film Festival.
Guerrero is also known for not just
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her talent behind the camera but her beauty in front. She has posed for PlayBoy Mexico, and many pinup holiday themed pictures. She is also an actress and most commonly known for her voice over work such as NETFLIX SUPER MONSTERS as Vida, MARVEL SUPERHERO ADVENTURES as Spider-Girl, and fan favourite character Varzia on Warfare video game. Her first leading role is Peacock's new anticipated animated series SUPERNATURAL ACADEMY as Mischa Lebron.
In the role of actor
Funhouse – Blood in the Snow 2021 (01/11/2021)
A group of 8 C-list celebrities find themselves on a reality show, where they are literally fighting for their lives in Funhouse. Kasper Nordin (Valter Skarsgård) is a man trying to recover from his very public marriage to popstar Darla Drake (Kylee Bush), and he reluctantly accepts a spot on the online reality show Furcas’ […]
Puppet Killer – Blood in the Snow 2019 (22/11/2019)
Review Updated: 11/24/2019 A group of high school students are stalked by a sentient killer puppet in Puppet Killer. As a kid, Jamie (Aleks Paunovic) was gifted a puppet named Simon by his mother, who also began an unhealthy family tradition of watching horror movies, until she tragically died of cancer. Shortly afterwards, Jamie’s stepmother […]
Culture Shock (25/07/2019)
A Mexican immigrant finds herself in an idealistic town that’s too good to be true in Culture Shock. Marisol (Martha Higareda) is a pregnant Mexican woman, who desires to immigrate to a better life in America. Marisol makes arrangements with Coyote (Sal Lopez) to be snuck over the border and is joined on her trip […]
Short Film Showcase – Blood in the Snow 2017 (28/11/2017)
Here are my thoughts on the films that played during this year’s Blood in the Snow Short Film Showcase (with an obvious exception of course). Fun On an episode of Poppy Seed Place, Anna (Tiffany Hunter) demonstrates to Ellery (D. Campbell MacKinlay) her twisted meaning of fun. In many says, Fun can be seen as a […]
Shooting: The Musical (27/03/2015)
Go behind the scenes of the most offensive movie ever with High School Shooting: The Musical. A documentary crew is making a film about life after film school for a number of recent graduates, many of whom could not get jobs within the film industry. Adam Baxter (Bruce Novakowski) is one of these recent graduates, […]
In the role of director
Bingo Hell (03/10/2021)
As part of our October HorrorFest, we will be posting new reviews of relatively recent horror films during the month of October A small community’s bingo hall gets taken over by a sinister force in Bingo Hell. Oak Springs is a small community undergoing gentrification, which annoys lifelong resident Lupita (Adriana Barraza), who leads a group of […]
Sean Kelly Interviews – Fantasia 2019 – Gigi Saul Guerrero on Culture Shock (27/07/2019)
Sean Kelly on Movies Interviews Podcast Sean Kelly Interviews - Fantasia 2019 - Gigi Saul Guerrero on Culture Shock Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share Apple Podcasts PocketCasts Spotify RSS Feed Share Link Embed Download file | Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts […]
Culture Shock (25/07/2019)
A Mexican immigrant finds herself in an idealistic town that’s too good to be true in Culture Shock. Marisol (Martha Higareda) is a pregnant Mexican woman, who desires to immigrate to a better life in America. Marisol makes arrangements with Coyote (Sal Lopez) to be snuck over the border and is joined on her trip […]
Short Film Showcase – Blood in the Snow 2017 (28/11/2017)
Here are my thoughts on the films that played during this year’s Blood in the Snow Short Film Showcase (with an obvious exception of course). Fun On an episode of Poppy Seed Place, Anna (Tiffany Hunter) demonstrates to Ellery (D. Campbell MacKinlay) her twisted meaning of fun. In many says, Fun can be seen as a […]
Short Film Showcase – Blood in the Snow 2016 (01/12/2016)
Here is my rundown of the thirteen short films that played as part of the 2016 Blood in the Snow Film Festival’s short film showcase. Summoned Amanda asks for help from a demon for her abusive father, however things go a little too far. This is a well produced short film that shows that using […]