Cesc Gay
Cesc Gay (actually Francesc Gay i Puig ; * 1967 in Barcelona , Spain ) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter with a Catalan mother tongue.
Life
Gay studied cinema at the Escuala Municipal de Audiovisuales de Barcelona (EMAV) and was the director of the film Hotel Room in 1998 together with the Argentinean Daniel Gimelberg . The film Kràmpack followed in 2000 , before he became the creator and coordinator of the scripts for the television series Jet lag for the Catalan broadcaster TV3 in 2002 .
In 2003 Gay's Film of the Year, En la ciudad , Eduard Fernández , María Pujalte and Leonor Watling played among others . Eduard Fernández received the Spanish Goya Film Award for Best Supporting Role , Mónica López was nominated for best supporting actress and Gay himself was nominated for best director and best adapted screenplay.
Gay's next film Ficció / Ficción with Javier Cámara received several awards. His feature film Una pistola in cada mano shows, among others, Luis Tosar and Ricardo Darín in the leading roles together with Candela Peña .
For the film Friends for Life (Truman) , Gay received the Goya 2016 for best director and best screenplay; the film was also recognized as best film.
Prizes and awards
- 2000: Winner of the Sebastiane 2000 film award for Kràmpack
- 2000: Winner of the Premio Butaca for Kràmpack
- 2000: The same film was honored at the Stockholm International Film Festival
- 2001: Nomination of the same film for Goya 2001 as the best young director and for the best adapted screenplay together with Tomás Aragay
- 2003: Nomination for the Concha de Plata of the Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián with the film En la ciudad
- 2004: Nomination for the Goya 2004 for best director and best adapted screenplay (together with Tomás Aragay) for the same film
- 2007: Winner in the category Best Film at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata , Argentina for Ficció / Ficción
- 2007: Winner of the Premi Nacional de Cinema of the Generalitat de Catalunya for the same film
- 2013: Gaudí for best director in the film Una pistola en cada mano
- 2016: Winner of the Goya 2016 for best director, best original screenplay (together with Tomás Aragay) and best film for Truman
Movies
- 1998: Hotel Room
- 2000: Kràmpack based on a play by Jordi Sánchez
- 2003: En la ciudad
- 2006: Ficció / Ficción
- 2009: VOS based on a play by Carol Lopez
- 2012: A Friday in Barcelona (Una pistola en cada mano)
- 2015: Friends for Life (Truman)
watch TV
- 2012–2013: Screenplay for La Riera , series in Catalan on TV3 .
Web links
- Cesc Gay in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Boys on the edge of nowhere: "A Friday in Barcelona" in the cinema in FAZ from July 10, 2013, page 30
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gay, Cesc |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gay i Puig, Francesc (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barcelona , Spain |