Alejandro Brugués is an Argentinian-Cuban director and writer known for directing Juan of the Dead, which has been credited as Cuba's first zombie movie.
[1] Brugués later moved to Los Angeles, California around 2014, during which time he was approached to direct a segment for ABCs of Death 2.
The series, which was to be filmed in Cuba, was met with criticism by Yoruba National Association, which felt that the Santeria practitioners were being portrayed in a negative light.
[4][5] In April 2021, it was reported that Alejandro Brugués was set to direct The Last Will and Testament of Charles Abernathy, which was to be produced and distributed by Netflix.
[7][8][9] In January 2023, it was announced that Netflix had dropped the completed film, now titled The Inheritance, and that it would be shopped to other distributors.