Rodrigo Cortés

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Rodrigo Cortés

Rodrigo Cortés Giráldez (born May 31, 1973 in Pazos Hermos , Ourense Province , Galicia , Spain ) is a Spanish film director , film producer , screenwriter , film editor and occasionally actor .

Career

Cortés' passion for film began very early on. At 16 he had already made his first short film on Super 8 Film . In 1998 he directed the short film Yul , which won over 20 awards. In 2001 he published 15 Days , a fake report in the form of a longer short film, which won over 57 prizes and is therefore the Spanish film with the most prizes.

In 2007 he directed The Contestant ( Concursante in Spanish), which was his first full-length feature film. This was highly praised by the critics and won numerous prizes, including the Critics' Prize at the Málaga Film Festival. In 2010 he worked as the director and editor of the film Buried . The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and received considerable acclaim. In 2011 Cortés directed the psychological thriller Red Lights , which starred Robert De Niro , Sigourney Weaver and Cillian Murphy, among others . The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. In 2012 his psychological thriller Emergo ( Apartment 143 ) started.

Filmography (selection)

B = screenplay, D = actor, P = production, R = direction, S = editing,

  • 1998: Yul (B, D, R, P, S)
  • 2000: 15 days (15 días) (B, D, R, P, S)
  • 2007: Dirty Devil (B, D, R, P, S)
  • 2007: The Contestant (Concursante) (B, R, S)
  • 2010: Buried (Buried) (R, S)
  • 2011: Apartment 143 - Residence of Evil (Emergo) (B, P, S)
  • 2012: Red Lights (B, R, S)
  • 2013: Grand Piano - Symphony of Fear (Grand Piano) (P)
  • 2018: Down a Dark Hall (R, S)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 17, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / experienceburied.com
  2. ↑ Buried (2010) . rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  3. ↑ De Niro, Weaver to Star in "Red Lights" . abcnews.go.com. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  4. ↑ Sundance 2012: New Red Lights Clip Plays the Spy Game
  5. ↑ Take More than a Dozen Different Looks at Apartment 143 (Emergo) . Dread Central. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Cortés, Rodrigo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cortés Giráldez, Rodrigo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish director, film producer, screenwriter and film editor
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Pazos Hermos , Ourense Province , Galicia , Spain