He is the bass player in a cult band of romantic-kitsch music named Los
bomberos (The Firemen). The band appears with a fictional name in El
sueño del caimán (2000).
During the shooting of his film De Ángeles, Flores y Fuentes (2005) he
carried a photo of the Coen brothers, to take a look at whenever he
felt lost.
He is part of the new movement of Mexican filmmakers that live and work
in the city of Guadalajara.