Fede Álvarez

Fede Álvarez (b. 1978) is a Uruguayan filmmaker known for tightly constructed horror films driven by physical tension and contained space. Emerging internationally with his reimagining of Evil Dead, he refined a stripped-down, suspense-forward approach in Don’t Breathe, favoring minimal dialogue and escalating threat. With Alien: Romulus, he expanded that sensibility into franchise science fiction, retaining a focus on immediacy and tactile danger. Álvarez’s films often hinge on survival under pressure, building dread through control, confinement, and carefully calibrated bursts of violence.