Director, photographer and screenwriter. He spent his childhood in Durango, where his mother was the state's production coordinator. During this period, photographer Alex Phillips Jr., a friend of his parents, gave him a VHS camera, with which he made his first recordings in the company of other children. After finishing high school, he tries four times, unsuccessfully, to enter the CCC and once the CUEC. He moved to Guadalajara where he worked as a photographer for video commercials and studied photography, specializing in Erotic Still Photography, at the Hospicio Cabañas (1992-1993). Later he participates in a film workshop at the San Antonio de los Baños Film School, Cuba (1998). "Chava" Cartas began in the television industry as director of photography in the soap operas "Nada Personal"/1996 and "Demasiado Corazón"/1997, for Argos. He entered the film industry with the short film Lucero/1996, which he directed and photographed. His work as a photographer and director is linked to filmmaker Fernando Sariñana, who produced and directed many of the works in which he participated as a photographer. Chava Cartas(1971년생, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) 는 감독으로, 대표작으로 엘 차포를 체포하라, Rosario Tijeras, 역습이 있으며, 그 외에도 Mujeres asesinas, El Dandy, Señorita Pólvora, El Gallo de Oro, Borrón y Vida Nueva, 아워 타임스, 멕시좀비, Amor Xtremo, El equipo, Sexo, amor y otras perversiones 2, Sobreviviendo mis XV, Mirreyes contra Godínez: Las Vegas 등 다양한 작품을 연출했다. 특히 2026년에는 엘 차포를 체포하라에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2026년 엘 차포를 체포하라 연출을 맡았다. 2025년 Mirreyes contra Godínez: Un Especial de Navidad 연출을 맡았다. 2025년 Borrón y Vida Nueva 연출을 맡았다.