Albert Serra
Film director

Albert Serra

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Gender:
Male
Places:
Spain
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Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
31 March 1975(Banyoles, Pla de l’Estany, Comarques Gironines, Girona Province)
Star sign:
Aries
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Introduction

Albert Serra (born 31 March 1975) is a Catalan independent filmmaker and manager of the production company Andergraun Fims, set up by Montse Triola primarily to produce Serra's films. He is best known for his films Story of My Death (2013) and The Death of Louis XIV (2016), starring Jean-Pierre Léaud. Serra has been called "one of the most singular and radical filmmakers working today."

Awards and festival selections

  • The Death of Louis XIV (2016)
    • Cannes Film Festival – Official Selection
    • Toronto International Film Festival – Official Selection
    • New York Film Festival – Official Selection
    • Winner in feature film category, 2016 Prix Jean Vigo
    • Best International Film at the 2016 Jerusalem Film Festival
  • Story of My Death (2013)
    • Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival
    • Silver Puma for Best Director at the 2014 UNAM International Film Festival (FICUNAM)
    • Best wardrobe at the 2014 Gaudí Awards
  • Birdsong (2008)
    • 2008 Cannes Directors' Fortnight
    • Best Film and Best Director at the 2009 Gaudí Awards
    • Grand Prize at the 2008 Split International Film Festival
    • Grand Prize at the 2008 Entrevues Belfort film festival
  • Honor of the Knights (2006)
    • 2006 Viennale Directors' Fortnight - FIPRESCI Prize
    • Best Feature Film, also Holden Award for Best Script - Special Mention, at the 2006 Torino Film Festival
    • Grand Prize at the 2006 Entrevues Belfort film festival
    • Best Emerging Director and Best Film in Catalan Language awards, 2006 Barcelona Cinema Awards
    • Selected by Cahiers du Cinéma as one of the 10 best films of 2007.
  • etc.

    Selected filmography

    The following is a list of some of his feature films or contributions to feature films.

    Film
    Year Title Role Notes
    2016 La Mort de Louis XIV
    (The Death of Louis XIV)    		 Inspired by the Duke of Saint Simon’s memoirs.
    2013 Història de la meva mort
    (Story of My Death)    		 Death as seen by Casanova and Dracula.
    2013 Els tres porquets
    (The Three Little Pigs)    		 Film-performance: 101 hours of film shot during the Kassel Documenta festival and edited and projected there in sections every three days. It is an adaptation of texts from Eckermann's "Conversations with Goethe" and Hugh Trevor-Roper's "Hitler's Table Talk", together with writings by Fassbinder.
    2011 El senyor ha fet en mi meravelles
    (The Lord Has Worked Wonders in Me)
    2011 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero 1-minute contribution to Estonian anthology film.
    2008 El cant dels ocells
    (Birdsong)    		 Unconventional, minimalist approach to the story of the Magi...
    Title is a reference to a traditional Catalan Christmas song.
    2006 Honor de Cavalleria
    (Honor of the Knights (Quixotic))    		 Don Quixote and Sancho Panza wander the hills...
    2003 Crespià, the film not the village