Alejandro Springall is a Mexican film director and producer. Springall studied filmmaking at the London Film School. He returned to Mexico City in 1991 and started working with Mexican film producer , from whom he learned most of his producing skills. Springall started his career as a producer, but in 1996 he directed his first feature film, . Since 1996 Springall has been collaborating with John Sayles, Maggie Renzi and . Results of that collaboration have been: Men with Guns, directed by Sayles, produced by Renzi, where Springall translated the script into Spanish and played a small role next to Federico Luppi; was executive produced by Sayles, Renzi and Syvan; Casa de los Babys, directed by Sayles was produced by Syvan and Springall; (My Mexican Shivah) was executive produced by Sayle