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Spanish film director
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Male
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Birth:
23 September 1972(Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Mateo Gil Rodríguez (born 23 September 1972, Las Palmas, Spain) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, second unit director, assistant director, cinematographer, editor and producer.
He co-wrote most of Alejandro Amenábar's films with him, and also served as second unit or assistant director in two of this films. Amenábar's The Sea Inside, which Gil co-wrote, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
He was nominated for seven Goya Awards including Best New Director and Best Director, and won four: Best Original Screenplay for The Sea Inside and Agora, Best Adapted Screenplay for The Method and Best Short Film - Fiction for Dime que yo.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Functioned as | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Second unit/ assistant director | Other function | ||
| 1992 | Himenóptero (short) | No | No | No | Cinematographer |
| 1993 | Antes del beso (short) | Yes | No | No | |
| 1994 | Soñé que te mataba (short) | Yes | No | No | |
| 1995 | Luna (short) | No | No | No | Voice actor as Hitchhicker |
| 1996 | Tesis | No | Yes | Yes | Also video operator |
| Cómo se hizo Tesis | Yes | No | No | ||
| 1997 | Open Your Eyes | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 1998 | Allanamiento de morada (short) | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 1999 | Nobody Knows Anybody | Yes | Yes | No | Also actor as Boy in the bar #2 (uncredited) |
| La lengua de las mariposas | No | No | Yes | ||
| 2004 | The Sea Inside | No | Yes | No | |
| 2005 | The Method | No | Yes | No | |
| 2006 | Películas para no dormir: Regreso a Moira (TV film) | Yes | Yes | No | Also editor |
| 2008 | Dime que yo (short) | Yes | Yes | No | Also producer |
| 2009 | Agora | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 2011 | Blackthorn | Yes | No | No | |
| Hombre con nube (short) | No | No | No | Producer | |
| 2017 | Realive | Yes | Yes | No | |