Santiago Esteinou is a documentary film producer and director from Mexico City. Over the course of his career, he has produced a total of five feature-length documentaries, two of which have been nominated for the Ariel Award by the Mexican Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. As a director, his notable works include Los Años de Fierro and La libertad de Fierro, both of which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, as well as La Mujer de Estrellas y Montañas, which premiered at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Santiago studied Cinematography at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, holds a Master’s Degree in Film and Media Arts from Temple University, and earned a Master's in Human Rights and Democracy from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences.