Luis Mandoki (born August 17, 1954) is a Mexican film director, working in Mexico and Hollywood.

[2] He studied Fine Arts in Mexico, and at the San Francisco Art Institute, the London College of Printing and the London International Film School.

Back in Mexico, he directed short films and documentaries for the Instituto Nacional Indigenista (the National Institute for the Indigenous), Conacine (National Commission of Film) and the Centro de Produccion de Cortometraje (Center for the Production of Short Films).

For the next 15 years, he filmed only in English until the critically acclaimed Voces inocentes of 2004.

Mandoki resides in Mexico City with his wife, Olivia, and three children Camille, Daniel and Michelle.