Pablo Berger
Pablo Berger (* 1963 in Bilbao , Spain ) is a Spanish screenwriter , film director and film producer who initially made video clips and worked in advertising.
Life
Berger attended elementary and high school in Artxanda Trueba at the gates of Bilbao. Under the guidance of advertising people Álex de la Iglesia and Ramon Barea , he directed his first short film Mamá in 1988 . A scholarship from the provincial government of the Vizcaya enabled him to take a master's degree in film at New York University in Manhattan . After receiving his doctorate , he worked as a professor of management at the New York Film Academy .
In the following years, Berger worked as a producer of video clips and music. In 2003 he made his film Torremolinos 73 with Javier Cámara , Fernando Tejero and Candela Peña.
Berger's black-and-white film Blancanieves , published in 2012 , for which he both wrote and directed the script, won awards in Spain and internationally in the years that followed. The main actress was Maribel Verdú . On October 5, 2015, the film was broadcast on the Franco-German TV channel arte .
Berger produced the commercial for the 2013 Spanish Christmas lottery against the backdrop of the town of Pedraza with singers such as Montserrat Caballé , Raphael , David Bustamante , Marta Sánchez and Niña Pastori , who sang to the melody Always on My Mind .
In 2018 he was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which awards the Oscars every year.
Prizes and awards
- Nominations
- 2004: Chlotrudis Awards / Best Discovery with Torremolinos 73 .
- 2013: Goya / Best Director for Blancanieves .
- Prices for Blancanieves
- 2012: Special prize of the jury at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastian .
- 2013: Cine Latino Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival .
- 2013: Goya / Best Film .
- 2013: Goya for Best Original Screenplay .
- 2013: Special Jury Prize at the Cartagena International Film Festival in Cartagena (Colombia) :.
- 2013: Special Jury Prize at the Dublin International Film Festival , Ireland.
- 2013: European Film Award / Best Director .
Web links
- Pablo Berger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Snow White's Black Blood in FAZ of November 28, 2013, page 25
- ↑ Academy invites 928 to Membersphip . In: oscars.org (accessed June 26, 2018).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berger, Pablo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish screenwriter, director and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bilbao , Spain |