Nicolás EchevarrÃÂa (born 8 August 1947) is a Mexican film director and cinematographer. He has directed over 20 films since 1973. His 1991 film Cabeza de Vaca was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.
EchevarrÃÂa draws on his Mexican heritage in early films. He discusses his observations of Mexican spirituality in an interview with Betsy Sussler: âÂÂI have worked with about ten groups of Indians in Mexico, and the things that I have come across most oftenâÂÂrelated to all of them is this: there are two worlds, one belongs to everyday lifeâÂÂto man, we get up, we take a shower, we think about what we eat for breakfast, what weâÂÂll do for the day . . . Now there is another world, it could be called the Sacred Space.â He lived with the Huichol people for two years and made three films with them. EchevarrÃÂa features a Mexican Shaman woman in his 1978 documentary MarÃÂa Sabina, mujer espÃÂritu.