Luis Alvarez y Alvarez is a film editor with a diverse body of work encompassing feature films, television, documentaries, animation and the art world. He started his editing career at Pixar Animation Studios, working on such lauded films as Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc. and Finding Nemo. Since then, his feature film credits include the artist Matthew Barney's RIVER OF FUNDAMENT and DRAWING RESTRAINT 9, Leonardo DiCaprio's environmental documentary The 11th HOUR, and Larry Charles and Bob Dylan's cult film MASKED AND ANONYMOUS, which was a collaboration with Academy Award winning film editor Pietro Scalia. He recently completed SIEMPRE, LUIS, a 2020 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection, and TORN APART: SEPARATED AT THE BORDER, directed by Academy Award winner Ellen Goosenbreg-Kent, for HBO. Born in Mexico City, he is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program and teaches film editing at the MFA program of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts Film Department.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Editor, also producer
- 9 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
Known for
What are Luis Alvarez y Alvarez's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Ideas.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 1
Steady 5 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3
A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Luis Alvarez y Alvarez's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Luis Alvarez y Alvarez's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
17 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
Death by Numbers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Breakin' on the One(2024)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
In Freedom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
La Guerra Civil: Chavez vs. de la Hoya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Salaryman(2021)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Siempre, Luis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)First to Fall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Forbidden Tomb Of Genghis Khan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Hamilton's Pharmacopeia(2011)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Silly Little Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
The 11th Hour(2007)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Drawing Restraint 9 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Masked and Anonymous(2003)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Monsters, Inc.(2001)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Toy Story 2(1999)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles from 1999 to 2024.
How do Luis Alvarez y Alvarez's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 80th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 73rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 9 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved4
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the pacing 40/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 50, detractors 23. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Luis Alvarez y Alvarez work with?
People who share at least 2 of Luis Alvarez y Alvarez's MovieCove titles; Pietro Scalia shares the most, 2.
- Pietro ScaliaShared titles: The 11th Hour (2007), Masked and Anonymous (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Pietro Scalia
