Mafer Suárez

María Fernanda Suárez de Garay, known professionally as Mafer Suárez, is a Mexican director, screenwriter, and producer. She is best known for her work on the Mexican television series Mujeres asesinas. She has received a lifetime achievement award from The Association of Women in Cinema and Television, and a Silver Cross for career from the GIFF.^[1]

Early life

Suárez is from Tampico, Tamaulipas.^[2] In 2019, she helped organize the first Independent Film Festival of Tamaulipas, held in Tampico.^[3] Her younger sister is actress Cecilia Suárez.^[2] She has spoken against the concept of nepotism and said that she only works with Cecilia when the production demands it;^[4] Cecilia has expressed the same.^[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Work	Notes
1995	El abuelo Cheno y otras historias	[6] Producer
1997	Nic Habana	[7] Short, as María Fernanda Suárez
1999	Del olvido al no me acuerdo [es] / Juan, I forgot I don't remember	[8] Producer; as María Fernanda Suárez
2000	Seré la de tus sueños / The One of Your Dreams I'll Be	[9] Video short
2004	Lo de menos	[2] Short
2006	Sexo, amor y otras perversiones	[10] as María Fernanda Suárez; segment in anthology film
2015	A Selfie	[11] Short

Television

Year	Work	Director	Writer	Channel	Notes
1999	Cuentos para solitarios	Yes	Yes	MVS TV/Universal Pictures	[5]
2010	Gritos de muerte y libertad [es]	Yes	Yes	Televisa	[1]
2008-2010	Mujeres asesinas / Revolution	Yes	Yes	Televisa/Cablevisión	[2][4][5] Given a theatre adaptation in 2019, which Suárez also directed
2011	El encanto del águila [es]	Yes		Televisa/Canal 2	[1][12]
2018	Niñas Promedio	Yes		Canal 11	[13] Miniseries
2019	Playing with Fire	Yes		Telemundo/Netflix	[14][15]