Gerardo Naranjo grew up in Salamanca, Mexico, and studied at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. After making the short film Black Dog (01), he earned an M.F.A. at the American Film Institute. Upon completing his award-winning thesis film, The Last Attack of the Beast (02), he went on to direct the features Malachance (03), Drama/Mex (06), the Festival title I’m Gonna Explode (08), Revolución (10) and Miss Bala (11). —TIFF
The excellence of this film lays on its flaws. Absolut respect for Gerardo Naranjo.
Good film. I only watched it because it's got Fernanda Torres in it. Crapapulco - ROFL
"The GoodTimesKid was a title that I and the co-writer Gerardo Naranjo came up with while we were studying at AFI together," Azazel