Fuentes-León was born in Peru and graduated from Medical School in Peru, but made a radical change by moving to Los Angeles in 1994 to pursue a career in film directing by studying for a Master of Fine Arts (Master of Fine Arts) at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).
He also wrote a theatrical piece Mr. Clouds in 2000, which the National Theater of Peru considered among the best of the year and published it in the compilation Dramaturgia Nacional 2000. In the following years, Fuentes-León worked as the lead writer for reality television shows at the Telemundo in the United States., subtitled films from major Hollywood studios into Spanish, and worked as an editor of commercials and television shows, including Rachael Ray"s Tasty Travels for the Food Network, while focusing on his own writing and directing projects.
His second short Géminis premiered at Outfest in 2004 and screened at various international film festivals.
Currently, Fuentes-León is developing various projects including The Woman Who Feared the Sun (based on his play Mr Clouds) and Sinister, a rock musical set in a restrictive society of the near future, for which Fuentes-León is writing the music as well.
Foreign Undertow 2009: Won Sebastiane Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival 2010: Won Audience Awards for "World Cinema - Dramatic" category at the Sundance Film Festival 2010: Nominated for Grand Jury Prize for "World Cinema - Dramatic" category at the Sundance Film Festival 2010: Won Audience Award at the Lima Latin American Film Festival 2010: Won Audience Award for Ibero-American competition at Miami Film Festival 2010: Nominated for Golden India Catalina for "Best Film (Mejor Película)" at Cartagena Film Festival 2011: Nominated for Goya for "Best Spanish Language Foreign Film" at Goya Awards.
