Issa López is a Mexican writer and director. López has won several literature awards, including the National Novel Award granted by Mexico’s Institute of Fine Arts and Literature. In addition to her literary work, she penned multiple TV shows, some of them reaching the highest audience ratings in Mexican prime-time TV, and wrote the scripts for several film features, three of them produced in Mexico by the Major Hollywood Studios, and two of those directed by herself;
Efectos Secundarios (
Warner Bros., 2006) and
Casi Divas (
Sony Pictures, 2008). In 2015, López shot her third feature as a director, and ninth as a writer,
Siempre Vuelven. As of November 2015, she's post-producing the movie.