Trapero is a producer, director, screenwriter and editor from Argentina. He wrote and directed two short films, Mocoso malcriado (1993) and Negocios (1995), before directing his feature film debut Crane World (Mundo grúa, 1999). It is a portrayal of a migrant worker’s life and it was well received. After the documentary Naikor, la estación de servicio (2001), he directed his second feature film El bonaerense (2002), which was shown in Cannes. It deals with the problem of corruption within the police, and portrayals of the problems of modern society and ordinary lives of common people became his signature topics. In that same year he established his own production company Matanza Cine in Buenos Aires that produced his won as well as other directors’ films. He directed the family comedy Rolling Family (Familia rodante, 2004), drama Born and Bred (2006) and Lion's Den (Leonera, 2008) in which he analyzed motherhood in prisons. His sixth feature film, crime drama Carancho (2010), was chosen as the Argentinian candidate for an Oscar in the category Best Foreign Film. In 2012, he directed his drama White elephant (Elefante blanco) and his last film is the crime drama The Clan (El Clan, 2015), based on real events.