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)
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
La 42
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2025
La 42
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2025
La 42
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2025
42nd Street
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2025
Tiger
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2024
Tiger
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2024
Tumba y Quema
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2023
Tumba y Quema
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2023
Tumba y Quema
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2023
Parsley
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2022
Parsley
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2022
Hotel Coppelia
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2021
Hotel Coppelia
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2021
Plastic Island
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2019
Plastic Island
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2019
The Projectionist
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2019
Woodpeckers
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2017
Woodpeckers
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2017
Woodpeckers
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2017
Detective Willy
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2015