Juan Pablo Arias Muñoz is a Chilean writer-director who draws upon fantastical storytelling and magical realism from his Latin American heritage to create emotional and thought-provoking films. His award-winning work has been exhibited at over sixty film festivals around the world including the New York Film Festival, AFI Fest and SITGES Fantastic Film Festival.

He has received support from the HBOAccess Directing Fellowship, PGA Create, the BMP Breakthrough Artist Program, the National Association of Latino Independent Producers and the Fulbright Scholarship, one of the most widely recognized and prestigious programs in the world. He was director shadow during the second season of HBO’s PERRY MASON, Amazon’s CROSS series, and LANTERNS, the first DC Studios series.

His latest feature film THE CURSE OF THE NECKLACE was produced by Warner Brothers and ESX Entertainment. The film stars Henry Thomas (ET, Haunting of Hill House) and the McGraw sisters (M3GAN, The Black Phone). The film is currently streaming internationally on HBOMAX. Juan Pablo also wrote and directed a remake of REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE for Warner Bros Pictures that is available to stream on the same platform.

He recently wrapped production on the feature film CASA GRANDE: THE MOVIE, the followup to the acclaimed series available to stream on Amazon. The film was produced by Warner Brothers and ESX Entertainment and stars Lou Diamond Phillips, John-Pyper Ferguson and Madison Lawlor.

Juan Pablo received an MFA in Directing from the AFI Conservatory.