Carlos Hagerman was born in Mexico City and received his MFA in Film at NYU as a Fulbright scholar. He worked for eight years as a director in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s production company Zeta Films. Hagerman co-directed with Juan Carlos Rulfo Los que se quedan (Those Who Remain). In 2009 the film won Best Documentary at Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, Guadalajara Int. Film Fest, Documenta Madrid, DOCSDF and the Humanitas prize. Hagerman recently finished Vuelve a La Vida (Back to Life) a new documentary feature.