Lex Ortega
Directing · Sound · Acting · Production
Born February 25, 1980, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Lex Ortega is a Mexican film director, sound designer, and producer known for his work in the horror genre. He directed Atroz (2015), a film noted for its brutal depiction of violence, which has been described as one of the most violent films in Mexican cinema. Ortega's expertise in sound design complements his directorial approach, enhancing the atmospheric tension in his films.
Filmography
- 2026Memoria Lacerada — Director, Screenplay, Editor
- 2026Regresa — Ramón
- 2025Muertamorfosis — Director, Screenplay, Editor
- 2023Bye-Bye — Sound Designer
- 2023Smog — Director
- 2023autopsI.A. — Director
- 2020Expira
- 2020Human Animals — Director
- 2019Black Circle — Sound Designer
- 2018Atrocious — Goyo, Director, Set Decoration, Screenplay, Co-Editor, Executive Producer, Sound Designer, Art Direction, Story, Writer
- 2017Bestia — Sound Designer, Sound Editor
- 2017México Bárbaro II — Father (segment "Potzonalli"), Director, Screenplay, Editor
- 2016Forward — Sound Designer
- 2016World of Death — Director, Screenplay
- 2014Alerta: recuento de cadáveres — Director, Sound Recordist
- 2014Barbarous Mexico — Director, Screenplay
- 2014Late Phases — Associate Producer
- 2014The Incident — Sound mixer, Sound Designer
- 2012Atrocious — Director, Writer
- 2012T Is for Tamales — Producer, Editor, Director
- Dios Te Salve — Director, Screenplay
- Té de Ruda — Sound Designer