directores españoles contemporáneos
by ianmello | created - 27 Oct 2016 | updated - 03 Dec 2016 | PublicBuenos directores de cine españoles en actividade.
1. Alberto Rodríguez
Writer | La isla mínima
Alberto Rodríguez was born on May 11, 1971 in Seville, Seville, Andalucía, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for Marshland (2014), Unit 7 (2012) and Prison 77 (2022).
2. Beatriz Sanchís
Director | Todos están muertos
Beatriz Sanchís is known for They Are All Dead (2014), The Gigantes (2021) and Mi otra mitad (2010).
3. Jaime Rosales
Director | La soledad
Jaime Rosales is not the run-of-the-mill kind of filmmaker. Always trying to find new ways of expressing his art and his technique, he may disconcert those who, having seen one of his films, think he can be classified in one category or another. Unfortunately for them, but luckily for those who are...
4. Gabriel Velázquez
Director | Iceberg
Gabriel Velázquez was born in 1968 in Salamanca, Castilla y León, Spain. He is a director and writer, known for Iceberg (2011), ärtico (2014) and Análisis de sangre azul (2016).
5. Jon Garaño
Writer | 80 egunean
Jon Garaño was born in 1974 in San Sebastián, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for For 80 Days (2010), The Giant (2017) and Flowers (2014).
6. Jose Mari Goenaga
Writer | La trinchera infinita
Jose Mari Goenaga was born on September 9, 1976 in Ordizia, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for The Endless Trench (2019), For 80 Days (2010) and Flowers (2014).
7. Carlos Vermut
Writer | Quién te cantará
Carlos Vermut was born on March 6, 1980 in Madrid, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for Quién te cantará (2018), Magical Girl (2014) and Manticore (2022).
8. David Trueba
Director | La buena vida
David Trueba was born on September 10, 1969 in Madrid, Spain. He is a director and writer, known for The Good Life (1996), Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013) and Soldiers of Salamina (2003).
9. Pedro Almodóvar
Writer | Hable con ella
The most internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker since Luis Buñuel was born in a small town (Calzada de Calatrava) in the impoverished Spanish region of La Mancha. He arrived in Madrid in 1968, and survived by selling used items in the flea-market called El Rastro. Almodóvar couldn't study ...
10. Alejandro Amenábar
Writer | The Others
Is the son of a Spanish mother and a Chilean father. His family moved back to Spain when he was 1 year old, and he grew up and studied in Madrid. He wrote, produced and directed his first short film La cabeza at the age of 19, and he was 23 when he directed his feature debut Thesis (1996). His film ...
11. Álex de la Iglesia
Director | El bar
Álex de la Iglesia is one of the most popular and respected European filmmakers of his generation. Considered a genre of his own, based on his skill and originality in a range of cinematographic art styles, he has currently finished shooting the second season of "30 Coins", the successful HBO Max ...
12. Nacho Vigalondo
Writer | Los cronocrímenes
Nacho Vigalondo was born in 1977 in Cabezón de la Sal, Cantabria, Spain. He is a writer and actor, known for Timecrimes (2007), Colossal (2016) and Extraterrestrial (2011).
13. Isabel Coixet
Director | My Life Without Me
Isabel Coixet was born on April 9, 1960 in Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She is a director and writer, known for My Life Without Me (2003), The Secret Life of Words (2005) and The Bookshop (2017).
14. Oriol Paulo
Writer | El cuerpo
Oriol Paulo studied audiovisual communication at Pompeu Fabra University and film at the Los Angeles Film School.
As a scriptwriter, he wrote screenplays for small screen films such as Ecos (2006) and Codi 60 (2011), but is best known for his work in series such as Absolute majority (2004) and The ...
15. David Marqués
Writer | El club del paro
David Marqués was born on January 3, 1972 in Valencia, Spain. He is a director and writer, known for Dioses y Perros (2014), En fuera de juego (2012) and the award-winning trilogy filmed in Ibiza, Aislados (2005), Desechos (2010) and Cualquiera (2003). He is also the writer of Campeones (2018), one...
16. Rafa Montesinos
Director | Civilizados
Rafa Montesinos is known for Civilizados (2005), Dioses y perros (2014) and La princesa del polígono (2007).
17. Jorge Torregrossa
Director | Desire
Jorge Torregrossa was born on October 3, 1973. He is a director and producer, known for Desire (2000), The End (2012) and Fariña (2018).
18. Esteban Roel
Director | Musarañas
Esteban Roel
A Mexican actor, director, producer and entrepreneur. He was born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon (Mexico). He worked in Theatre, mainly exploring the area of Improvisation. In 1991 he founded, along with Hector Bonilla, the Latin American Improvisation League (LLI) where great actors arose, ...
19. Juanfer Andrés
Editor | Musarañas
Juanfer Andrés is known for Shrew's Nest (2014), Tabula rasa and Canteca de Macao: Desfase (2012).
20. Fernando León de Aranoa
Writer | A Perfect Day
Fernando León de Aranoa was born on May 26, 1968 in Madrid, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for A Perfect Day (2015), The Good Boss (2021) and Mondays in the Sun (2002).
21. Santiago Segura
Actor | Torrente: El brazo tonto de la ley
Born in Madrid, Santiago Segura started his career by making his first short movie at the age of fourteen. After studying Arts in Madrid, he finally decided to become a filmmaker. His first short film Relatos de la medianoche (1989) was made with a budget of only 7.000 pts. (about 60 dollars).
After...
22. Santiago Zannou
Director | Alacrán enamorado
Santiago Zannou is known for Scorpion in Love (2013), The One-Handed Trick (2008) and Vernon Walks (2016).
23. Daniel Sánchez Arévalo
Writer | Azuloscurocasinegro
Daniel Sánchez Arévalo was born on June 24, 1970 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for Dark Blue Almost Black (2006), Fat People (2009) and Traumalogía (2007).
24. Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo
Writer | La noche de los girasoles
Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo was born on March 1, 1972 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for The Night of the Sunflowers (2006), The Zone (2017) and La gotera (1997).
25. Manuel Martín Cuenca
Director | Caníbal
Manuel Martín Cuenca was born on November 30, 1964 in Almería, Almería, Andalucía, Spain. He is a director and writer, known for Cannibal (2013), The Daughter (2021) and The Motive (2017).
26. Dani de la Torre
Writer | La Unidad
Dani de la Torre was born in 1975 in Monforte de Lemos, Lugo, Galicia, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for La Unidad (2020), Retribution (2015) and Gun City (2018).
27. Icíar Bollaín
Director | Te doy mis ojos
Born in Madrid, Iciar Bollain has worked as an actress in films such El Sur (1983), directed by Víctor Erice; Sublet (1991) directed by Chus Gutiérrez, Malaventura (1988) directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón; El Mejor de los Tiempos (1990) and Un Paraguas para Tres (1992) directed by Felipe Vega, ...
28. Cesc Gay
Writer | Truman
Cesc Gay was born in 1967 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for Truman (2015), En la ciudad (2003) and Nico and Dani (2000).
29. Álvaro Fernández Armero
Director | El columpio
Álvaro Fernández Armero was born in 1969 in Madrid, Spain. He is a director and writer, known for El columpio (1993), Spanish Shame (2017) and El arte de morir (2000).
30. Pablo Berger
Writer | Blancanieves
Pablo Berger was born in 1963 in Bilbao, Vizcaya, País Vasco, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for Snow White (2012), Robot Dreams (2023) and Torremolinos 73 (2003). He is married to Yuko Harami. They have one child.
31. Fernando González Molina
Director | Palmeras en la nieve
Fernando González Molina is known for Palm Trees in the Snow (2015), Brain Drain (2009) and Three Steps Above Heaven (2010).
32. Nacho G. Velilla
Producer | Fuera de carta
Nacho G. Velilla was born in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He is known for Chef's Special (2008), To Hell with the Ugly (2010) and A Stroke of Luck (2016).
33. Maria Ripoll
Director | The Man with Rain in His Shoes
Maria Ripoll was born in 1964 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She is a director and assistant director, known for Twice Upon a Yesterday (1998), Live Twice, Love Once (2019) and Traces of Sandalwood (2014).
34. Fernando Trueba
Writer | Belle Epoque
Trueba studied Imagen at the Facultad de Ciencias de la Información, was cinema critic for the newspaper 'El País' and for 'La Guía del Ocio' and also founded the journal "Casablanca". At the movies his first success was Opera Prima (1980) following the style of the "comedia madrileña". He had ...
35. Ignacio Ferreras
Director | How to Cope with Death
Ignacio Ferreras is known for How to Cope with Death (2002), Wrinkles (2011) and The Illusionist (2010).
36. Achero Mañas
Director | El Bola
Born in 1966, Achero Mañas first followed in the steps of his mother, actress Paloma Lorena (who played in two of his films), but he soon turned from thespian to film director. He made three shorts before meeting with success - both public and critical - with Pellet (2000), the sensitive portrait ...
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