While attending Columbia, he directed six award-winning short films: In for a surprise (2009), Ge.hen'nah (2010), Lee (2010), Santiago del otro lado (2011), A World for Raúl (2012) and Fingerspiel.
Mauro attended the 2016 Rotterdam Producer's Lab[9] and received the prestigious Young Creators grant from the National Fund for Culture and Arts in Mexico.
He further was part of Trans Atlantic Partners, Cannes Producer's Network and IFP Marcie Bloom Fellowship.
[11] A World for Raúl (Spanish: Un mundo para Raúl) (2012), Mauro's thesis short film at Columbia University graduate film program, starring Alexandré Barceló, Adrián Alonso, Gerardo Taracena, Roberto Luis Meza, and Adriana Paz received numerous awards, including in the narrative category of the Student Academy Awards 2013,[1] Best Student Short at Aspen Shortsfest,[12] Best drama at New York Shortsfest, Upcoming Talent Awards at Solothurn Film Festival, among others.
The company has produced a number of acclaimed short films, winning twice in a row in the Student Academy Awards with Under in 2012[17] and Un mundo para Raúl in 2013.