Mejor Director (Spanish Films)
by aleix_wiggum_93 | created - 13 Feb 2015 | updated - 29 Mar 2015 | PublicMy best director winners for Spanish Films
1. Alberto Rodríguez
Writer | La isla mínima
Alberto Rodríguez was born on May 11, 1971 in Seville, Seville, Andalucía, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for Marshland (2014), Unit 7 (2012) and Prison 77 (2022).
2014 - La isla mínima
Nominees:
Daniel Monzón - El Niño
Alberto Rodríguez - La isla mínima**
Damián Szifrón - Relatos salvajes
Carlos Vermut - Magical Girl
2. David Trueba
Director | La buena vida
David Trueba was born on September 10, 1969 in Madrid, Spain. He is a director and writer, known for The Good Life (1996), Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013) and Soldiers of Salamina (2003).
2013 - Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados
Nominees:
Pedro Almodóvar - Los amantes pasajeros
Manuel Martínez Cuenca - Caníbal
Daniel Sánchez Arévalo - La gran familia española
David Trueba - Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados**
3. Pablo Berger
Writer | Blancanieves
Pablo Berger was born in 1963 in Bilbao, Vizcaya, País Vasco, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for Snow White (2012), Robot Dreams (2023) and Torremolinos 73 (2003). He is married to Yuko Harami. They have one child.
2012 - Blancanieves
Nominees:
Juan Antonio Bayona - Lo Imposible
Pablo Berger - Blancanieves**
Alberto Rodríguez - Grupo 7
Fernando Trueba - El artista y la modelo
4. Pedro Almodóvar
Writer | Hable con ella
The most internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker since Luis Buñuel was born in a small town (Calzada de Calatrava) in the impoverished Spanish region of La Mancha. He arrived in Madrid in 1968, and survived by selling used items in the flea-market called El Rastro. Almodóvar couldn't study ...
2011 - La piel que habito
Nominees:
Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris
Pedro Almodóvar - La piel que habito**
Jaume Balagueró - Mientras Duermes
Enrique Urbizu - No habrá paz para los malvados
5. Agustí Villaronga
Director | El niño de la luna
Agustí Villaronga was born on March 4, 1953 in Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain. He was a director and writer, known for Moon Child (1989), Black Bread (2010) and The Belly of the Sea (2021). He died on January 22, 2023 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
2010 - Pa Negre
Nominees:
Alex De la Iglesia - Balada Triste de Trompeta
Icíar Bollaín - También la lluvia
Alejandro González Iñarritu - Biutiful
Agustí Villaronga - Pa Negre**
6. Daniel Monzón
Writer | Celda 211
Daniel Monzón was born in 1968 in Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for Cell 211 (2009), El corazón del guerrero (1999) and El nino (2014).
2009 - Celda 211
Nominees:
Pedro Almodóvar - Los abrazos rotos
Alejandro Amenábar - Agora
Juan José Campanella - El secreto de sus ojos
Daniel Monzón - Celda 211**
7. Javier Fesser
Director | Camino
Javier Fesser was born in 1964 in Madrid, Spain. He is a director and writer, known for Camino (2008), Champions (2018) and Bienvenidos (2015).
2008 - Camino
Nominees:
José Luís Cuerda - Los girasoles ciegos
Álex de la Iglesia - Los crímenes de Oxford
Javier Fesser - Camino**
Steven Soderbergh - Che: El argentino
8. Jaime Rosales
Director | La soledad
Jaime Rosales is not the run-of-the-mill kind of filmmaker. Always trying to find new ways of expressing his art and his technique, he may disconcert those who, having seen one of his films, think he can be classified in one category or another. Unfortunately for them, but luckily for those who are...
2007 - La soledad
Nominees:
Icíar Bollaín - Mataharis
Emílio Martínez Lázaro - Las 13 rosas
Gracia Querejeta - Siete mesas de billar francés
Jaime Rosales - La soledad**
9. Pedro Almodóvar
Writer | Hable con ella
The most internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker since Luis Buñuel was born in a small town (Calzada de Calatrava) in the impoverished Spanish region of La Mancha. He arrived in Madrid in 1968, and survived by selling used items in the flea-market called El Rastro. Almodóvar couldn't study ...
2006 - Volver
Nominees:
Pedro Almodóvar - Volver**
Guillermo del Toro - El laberinto del fauno
Agustín Díaz Yanes - Alatriste
Manuel Huerga - Salvador (Puig Antich)
10. Isabel Coixet
Director | My Life Without Me
Isabel Coixet was born on April 9, 1960 in Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She is a director and writer, known for My Life Without Me (2003), The Secret Life of Words (2005) and The Bookshop (2017).
2005 - La vida secreta de las palabras
Nominees:
Montxo Armendáriz - Obaba
Isabel Coixet - La vida secreta de las palabras**
Marcelo Piñeyro - El método
Alberto Rodríguez - 7 vírgenes
11. Alejandro Amenábar
Writer | The Others
Is the son of a Spanish mother and a Chilean father. His family moved back to Spain when he was 1 year old, and he grew up and studied in Madrid. He wrote, produced and directed his first short film La cabeza at the age of 19, and he was 23 when he directed his feature debut Thesis (1996). His film ...
2004 - Mar Adentro
Nominees:
Pedro Almodóvar - La mala educación
Alejandro Amenábar - Mar Adentro**
Álex de la Iglesia - Crimen Ferpecto
Gracia Querejeta - Héctor
12. Icíar Bollaín
Director | Te doy mis ojos
Born in Madrid, Iciar Bollain has worked as an actress in films such El Sur (1983), directed by Víctor Erice; Sublet (1991) directed by Chus Gutiérrez, Malaventura (1988) directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón; El Mejor de los Tiempos (1990) and Un Paraguas para Tres (1992) directed by Felipe Vega, ...
2003 - Te doy mis ojos
Nominees:
Icíar Bollaín - Te doy mis ojos**
Isabel Coixet - Mi vida sin mí
Manuel Martín Cuenca - La flaqueza del bolchevique
David Trueba - Soldados de Salamina
13. Pedro Almodóvar
Writer | Hable con ella
The most internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker since Luis Buñuel was born in a small town (Calzada de Calatrava) in the impoverished Spanish region of La Mancha. He arrived in Madrid in 1968, and survived by selling used items in the flea-market called El Rastro. Almodóvar couldn't study ...
2002 - Hable con ella
Nominees:
Pedro Almodóvar - Hable con ella**
Fernando León de Aranoa - Los lunes al sol
Emilio Martínez Lázaro - El otro lado de la cama
14. Alejandro Amenábar
Writer | The Others
Is the son of a Spanish mother and a Chilean father. His family moved back to Spain when he was 1 year old, and he grew up and studied in Madrid. He wrote, produced and directed his first short film La cabeza at the age of 19, and he was 23 when he directed his feature debut Thesis (1996). His film ...
2001 - Los otros
Nominees:
Alejandro Amenábar - Los otros**
Agustín Díaz Yanes - Sin notícias de Diós
Bigas Luna - Son de mar
Julio Medem - Lucía y el sexo
15. Álex de la Iglesia
Director | El bar
Álex de la Iglesia is one of the most popular and respected European filmmakers of his generation. Considered a genre of his own, based on his skill and originality in a range of cinematographic art styles, he has currently finished shooting the second season of "30 Coins", the successful HBO Max ...
2000 - La comunidad
Nominees:
Álex de la Iglesia - La comunidad**
16. Pedro Almodóvar
Writer | Hable con ella
The most internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker since Luis Buñuel was born in a small town (Calzada de Calatrava) in the impoverished Spanish region of La Mancha. He arrived in Madrid in 1968, and survived by selling used items in the flea-market called El Rastro. Almodóvar couldn't study ...
1999 - Todo sobre mi madre
Nominees:
Pedro Almodóvar - Todo sobre mi madre**
José Luís Cuerda - La lengua de las mariposas
Manuel Gómez Pereira - Entre las piernas
Gracia Querejeta - Cuando vuelvas a mi lado
17. Fernando Trueba
Writer | Belle Epoque
Trueba studied Imagen at the Facultad de Ciencias de la Información, was cinema critic for the newspaper 'El País' and for 'La Guía del Ocio' and also founded the journal "Casablanca". At the movies his first success was Opera Prima (1980) following the style of the "comedia madrileña". He had ...
1998 - La niña de tus ojos
Nominees:
Alejandro Amenábar - Abre los ojos
Júlio Medem - Los amantes del Círculo Polar
Fernando Trueba - La niña de tus ojos**
18. Montxo Armendáriz
Director | Silencio roto
Montxo Armendáriz was born on January 27, 1949 in Olleta, Navarra, Spain. He is a director and writer, known for Broken Silence (2001), Secrets of the Heart (1997) and Stories from the Kronen (1995).
1997 - Secretos del corazón
Nominees:
Pedro Almodóvar - Carne Trémula
Montxo Armendáriz - Secretos del corazón**
19. Julio Medem
Director | Lucía y el sexo
Julio Medem was born in San Sebastian in northern Spain. As a teenager Medem made short movies with a super-8 camera owned by his father. Some of those films are "El ciego" (1976), "El jueves pasado" (1977) and "Fideos" (1979.) Wanting to know more about the darkest corners of the human mind, Medem...
1996 - Tierra
Nominees:
Vicente Aranda - Libertarias
Manuel Gómez Pereira - El amor perjudica seriamente la salud
Júlio Medem - Tierra**
20. Álex de la Iglesia
Director | El bar
Álex de la Iglesia is one of the most popular and respected European filmmakers of his generation. Considered a genre of his own, based on his skill and originality in a range of cinematographic art styles, he has currently finished shooting the second season of "30 Coins", the successful HBO Max ...
1995 - El día de la bestia
Nominees:
Pedro Almodóvar - La flor de mi secreto
Álex de la Iglesia - El día de la bestia**
Manuel Gómez Pereira - Boca a boca
21. Imanol Uribe
Director | Días contados
Imanol Uribe was born on February 28, 1950 in San Salvador, El Salvador. He is a director and writer, known for Numbered Days (1994), Miel de naranjas (2012) and Bwana (1996).
1994 - Días contados
Nominees:
Vicente Aranda - La pasión turca
Manuel Gómez Pereira - Todos los hombres sois iguales
Imanol Uribe - Días contados**
22. Julio Medem
Director | Lucía y el sexo
Julio Medem was born in San Sebastian in northern Spain. As a teenager Medem made short movies with a super-8 camera owned by his father. Some of those films are "El ciego" (1976), "El jueves pasado" (1977) and "Fideos" (1979.) Wanting to know more about the darkest corners of the human mind, Medem...
1993 - La ardilla roja
Nominees:
Pedro Almodóvar - Kika
Manuel Gómez Pereira - ¿Por qué lo llaman amor cuando le quieren decir sexo?
Julio Medem - La ardilla roja**
23. Fernando Trueba
Writer | Belle Epoque
Trueba studied Imagen at the Facultad de Ciencias de la Información, was cinema critic for the newspaper 'El País' and for 'La Guía del Ocio' and also founded the journal "Casablanca". At the movies his first success was Opera Prima (1980) following the style of the "comedia madrileña". He had ...
1992 - Belle Epoque
Nominees:
Bigas Luna - Jamón, jamón
Fernando Trueba - Belle Époque**
24. Vicente Aranda
Director | Amantes
Vicente Aranda was born on November 9, 1926 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a director and writer, known for Lovers: A True Story (1991), El Lute: Run for Your Life (1987) and The Maidens' Conspiracy (2006). He was married to Teresa Font. He died on May 26, 2015 in Madrid, Spain.
1991 - Amantes
Nominees:
Pedro Almodóvar - Tacones lejanos
Vicente Aranda - Amantes**
Enrique Urbizu - Todo por la pasta
25. Carlos Saura
Writer | Carmen
Spanish director, writer, producer (2 films) and actor (2 films). His interest in cinema started when he was very young. His mother, who was a pianist, instilled in him the liking for music, and his brother, Antonio, who was a painter, the passion for art. When he was an teenager he started to ...
1990 - ¡Ay, Carmela!
Nominees:
Pedro Almodóvar - Átame
Bigas Luna - Las edades de Lulú
Carlos Saura - ¡Ay, Carmela!**
26. José Luis Cuerda
Director | Los girasoles ciegos
José Luis Cuerda was born on February 18, 1947 in Albacete, Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. He was a director and writer, known for Los girasoles ciegos (2008), Butterfly (1999) and The Others (2001). He died on February 4, 2020 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
1989 - Amanece, que no es poco
Nominees:
José Luis Cuerda - Amanece, que no es poco**
José Luís García Sánchez - El vuelo de la Paloma
27. Pedro Almodóvar
Writer | Hable con ella
The most internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker since Luis Buñuel was born in a small town (Calzada de Calatrava) in the impoverished Spanish region of La Mancha. He arrived in Madrid in 1968, and survived by selling used items in the flea-market called El Rastro. Almodóvar couldn't study ...
1988 - Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
Nominees:
Pedro Almodóvar - Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios**
28. Pedro Almodóvar
Writer | Hable con ella
The most internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker since Luis Buñuel was born in a small town (Calzada de Calatrava) in the impoverished Spanish region of La Mancha. He arrived in Madrid in 1968, and survived by selling used items in the flea-market called El Rastro. Almodóvar couldn't study ...
1987 - La ley del deseo
Nominees:
Pedro Almodóvar - La ley del deseo**
29. Pedro Almodóvar
Writer | Hable con ella
The most internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker since Luis Buñuel was born in a small town (Calzada de Calatrava) in the impoverished Spanish region of La Mancha. He arrived in Madrid in 1968, and survived by selling used items in the flea-market called El Rastro. Almodóvar couldn't study ...
1986 - Matador
Nominees:
Pedro Almodóvar - Matador**
30. Pedro Almodóvar
Writer | Hable con ella
The most internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker since Luis Buñuel was born in a small town (Calzada de Calatrava) in the impoverished Spanish region of La Mancha. He arrived in Madrid in 1968, and survived by selling used items in the flea-market called El Rastro. Almodóvar couldn't study ...
Overall noms/wins per director
Pedro Almodóvar - 15 noms / 7 wins
Álex de la Iglesia - 5 noms / 2 wins
Alejandro Amenábar - 4 noms / 2 wins
Julio Medem - 4 noms / 2 wins
Manuel Gómez Pereira - 4 noms / 0 wins
Icíar Bollaín - 3 noms / 2 wins
Fernando Trueba - 3 noms / 2 wins
Vicente Aranda - 3 noms / 1 win
José Luís Cuerda - 3 noms / 1 win
Alberto Rodríguez - 3 noms / 1 win
Bigas Luna - 3 noms / 0 wins
Montxo Armendáriz - 2 noms / 1 win
Isabel Coixet - 2 noms / 1 win
Daniel Monzón - 2 noms / 1 win
David Trueba - 2 noms / 1 win
Agustín Díaz Yanes - 2 noms / 0 wins
Manuel Martín Cuenca - 2 noms / 0 wins
Emilio Martínez Lázaro - 2 noms / 0 wins
Gracia Querejeta - 2 noms / 0 wins
Enrique Urbizu - 2 noms / 0 wins
Pablo Berger - 1 nom / 1 win
Javier Fesser - 1 nom / 1 win
Jaime Rosales - 1 nom / 1 win
Carlos Saura - 1 nom / 1 win
Imanol Uribe - 1 nom / 1 win
Agustí Villaronga - 1 nom / 1 win
Woody Allen - 1 nom / 0 wins
Jaume Balagueró - 1 nom / 0 wins
Juan Antonio Bayona - 1 nom / 0 wins
Juan José Campanella - 1 nom / 0 wins
Guillermo del Toro - 1 nom / 0 wins
Alejandro González Iñarritu - 1 nom / 0 wins
Manuel Huerga - 1 nom / 0 wins
Fernando León de Aranoa - 1 nom / 0 wins
Marcelo Piñeyro - 1 nom / 0 wins
Daniel Sánchez Arévalo - 1 nom / 0 wins
Steven Soderbergh - 1 nom / 0 wins
Damián Szifrón - 1 nom / 0 wins
Carlos Vermut - 1 nom / 0 wins
Number of nominated directors: 38
Number of awarded directors: 19
31. Pedro Almodóvar
Writer | Hable con ella
The most internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker since Luis Buñuel was born in a small town (Calzada de Calatrava) in the impoverished Spanish region of La Mancha. He arrived in Madrid in 1968, and survived by selling used items in the flea-market called El Rastro. Almodóvar couldn't study ...
Overall noms/wins per director (including best new director)
Pedro Almodóvar - 15 noms / 7 wins
Álex de la Iglesia - 6 noms / 3 wins
Alejandro Amenábar - 5 noms / 3 wins
Julio Medem - 5 noms / 3 wins
Manuel Gómez Pereira - 4 noms / 0 wins
Icíar Bollaín - 3 noms / 2 wins
Fernando Trueba - 3 noms / 2 wins
Vicente Aranda - 3 noms / 1 win
Agustín Díaz Yanes - 3 noms / 1 win
José Luís Cuerda - 3 noms / 1 win
Alberto Rodríguez - 3 noms / 1 win
Bigas Luna - 3 noms / 0 wins
Javier Fesser - 2 noms / 2 wins
Montxo Armendáriz - 2 noms / 1 win
Juan Antonio Bayona - 2 noms / 1 win
Isabel Coixet - 2 noms / 1 win
Daniel Monzón - 2 noms / 1 win
Daniel Sánchez Arévalo - 2 noms / 1 win
David Trueba - 2 noms / 1 win
Jaume Balagueró - 2 noms / 0 wins
Manuel Martín Cuenca - 2 noms / 0 wins
Emilio Martínez Lázaro - 2 noms / 0 wins
Gracia Querejeta - 2 noms / 0 wins
Enrique Urbizu - 2 noms / 0 wins
Santiago Aguilar and Luís Guridi - 1 nom / 1 win
Pablo Berger - 1 nom / 1 win
Mar Coll - 1 nom / 1 win
José Corbacho & Juan Cruz - 1 nom / 1 win
Eduard Cortés - 1 nom / 1 win
Fernando Franco - 1 nom / 1 win
*beep* Maíllo - 1 nom / 1 win
Carlos Marquès-Marcet - 1 nom / 1 win
Oriol Paulo - 1 nom / 1 win
David Pinillos - 1 nom / 1 win
Jaime Rosales - 1 nom / 1 win
Carlos Saura - 1 nom / 1 win
David Serrano - 1 nom / 1 win
Imanol Uribe - 1 nom / 1 win
Nacho Vigalondo - 1 nom / 1 win
Agustí Villaronga - 1 nom / 1 win
Benito Zambrano - 1 nom / 1 win
Jaume Mateu Adrover - 1 nom / 0 wins
Roser Aguilar - 1 nom / 0 wins
Woody Allen - 1 nom / 0 wins
Neus Ballús - 1 nom / 0 wins
Juan José Campanella - 1 nom / 0 wins
Eduardo Chapero-Jackson - 1 nom / 0 wins
Borja Cobeaga - 1 nom / 0 wins
Isabel de Ocampo - 1 nom / 0 wins
Dani de la Orden - 1 nom / 0 wins
Guillermo del Toro - 1 nom / 0 wins
Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo - 1 nom / 0 wins
Albert Espinosa - 1 nom / 0 wins
Ignacio Ferreras - 1 nom / 0 wins
Nacho G. Velilla - 1 nom / 0 wins
Salvador García-Ruiz - 1 nom / 0 wins
Alejandro González Iñarritu - 1 nom / 0 wins
F. Javier Gutiérrez - 1 nom / 0 wins
Manuel Huerga - 1 nom / 0 wins
Paco León - 1 nom / 0 wins
Fernando León de Aranoa - 1 nom / 0 wins
Jordi Morató - 1 nom / 0 wins
Álvaro Pastor, Antonio Naharro - 1 nom / 0 wins
Roberto Pérez Toledo - 1 nom / 0 wins
Luís Piedrahita, Rodrigo Sopeña - 1 nom / 0 wins
Álex Pina - 1 nom / 0 wins
Marcelo Piñeyro - 1 nom / 0 wins
Edmon Roch - 1 nom / 0 wins
Beatriz Sanchis - 1 nom / 0 wins
Santiago Segura - 1 nom / 0 wins
Steven Soderbergh - 1 nom / 0 wins
Rodrigo Sorogoyen - 1 nom / 0 wins
Damián Szifrón - 1 nom / 0 wins
Elena Trapé - 1 nom / 0 wins
Carlos Vermut - 1 nom / 0 wins
Vicente Villanueva - 1 nom / 0 wins
Total nominated directors: 76
Total awarded directors: 34
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