Alonso Ruizpalacios is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. His first feature Güeros (2013), won over 40 prizes in festivals around the world, including Best First Feature at the 2013 Berlinale and the Horizonte Award and the Audience Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Museo (2018), his second feature based on a true story, won the Silver Bear for the Best Screenplay at the 2018 Berlinale and Best Director in Athens and Morelia. His third film, Una película de policías (2021), halfway between documentary and fiction on the Mexican police system, premiered once again at the Berlinale and won the Prize for the Outstanding Artistic Contribution for editing. In 2024 Alonso was back at the Berlinale for the fourth time with La cocina, a delicate comedy inspired by Arnold Wesker's play The Kitchen.