José María Cabral
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 24, 1988
- Place of birth
- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Biography
José María Cabral (b. Santo Domingo, July 24, 1988) is a Dominican film director, screenwriter, and producer. Cabral started making films when he was 16 years old, making private screenings of short films to family and friends in local movie theaters, one of them “Excexos” got national distribution in 2008. His first feature film, Jaque Mate (2011), was screened at a high number of film festivals and selected as the Dominican entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. Arrobá and Despertar followed in 2013 and 2014, also making it into the festival circuits. In 2015 he released Detective Willy a comedy adventure film. Cabral premiered his last film, Carpinteros, in January at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, a story about the realities and relationships of prisoners in Dominican jails. Another films The Projectionist (2019), Isla de Plastico (2019), Hotel Coppelia (2020)
Movies with José María Cabral
- Plastic Island 2019 · ★ 8.0
- Un Millón por Sobeida 2009
Movies directed by José María Cabral
- Hotel Coppelia 2021 · ★ 7.6
- Woodpeckers 2017 · ★ 6.4
- Check Mate 2012 · ★ 5.5
- The Projectionist 2019 · ★ 6.1
- Parsley 2022 · ★ 4.5
- Tumba y Quema 2023 · ★ 5.0
- Tiger 2024 · ★ 7.0
- Despertar 2014 · ★ 8.0
- Arrobá 2013 · ★ 5.0
- Plastic Island 2019 · ★ 8.0
- Detective Willy 2015
- 15 minutos 2009
- Un Millón por Sobeida 2009
- 42nd Street 2025
- Sh*t Happens 2026