After studying the history of art and history of cinema in Florence, Italy, his career as a production designer began in Mexico, with award-winning work on music videos (MTV awards) and short films.
Mr. Caballero’s credits include near 30 films, 20 of them as both production designer and assistant set decorator.
A. Bayona (The Impossible, A Monster Calls), Baz Luhrmann (Romeo + Juliet), Alfonso Cuarón (Roma), Alejandro González Iñárritu (Bardo), Sebastián Cordero (Crónicas, Rabia and Europa Report), Floria Sigismondi (The Runaways), Claudia Llosa (Aloft), Fernando Eimbcke (Club Sandwich), Carlos Cuarón (Rudo y Cursi), Russell Mulcahy (Resident Evil: Extinction), among others.
In 2014, Caballero designed the Paralympic Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics for director Daniele Finzi, with whom he had also collaborated with the Cirque du Soleil in the show “Luzia” in 2016.
He has served as a Jury member on numerous international festivals, and he is a member of the AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), the Mexican and Spanish film academies.