Rodrigo Cortés Giráldez (born 31 May 1973) is a Spanish film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, writer and occasional actor.[1] He is best known for directing the 2010 psychological thriller Buried.
Rodrigo Cortés | |
|---|---|
 At the 33rd Goya Awards in 2019 | |
| Born | Rodrigo Cortés Giráldez 31 May 1973 |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, actor |
Early life
editRodrigo Cortés was born in Pazos Hermos (Cenlle, province of Ourense) on 31 May 1973,[2][3] but soon moved to Salamanca, where he spent most of his childhood and his early 20s.
Career
editCortés' fondness for film making started at an early age. At 16 he had already directed his first short film in Super 8. In 1998 he directed the short Yul that won over 20 awards and in 2001 he released 15 Days, a fake documentary in the form of a large short film that earned over 57 awards at festivals, becoming the most awarded Spanish short film of the time.
In 2007 he directed The Contestant, his first feature film that was released with critical applause and earned several awards, including the Critic's prize at Málaga Film Festival.[4] He directed and edited the 2010 thriller Buried, starring Ryan Reynolds. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and has received considerable acclaim.[5]
In 2012 Cortés released Red Lights, a film about a physicist and a psychology professor who specialise in debunking supernatural phenomena, it stars Robert De Niro, Sigourney Weaver, Cillian Murphy and Elizabeth Olsen.[6]
He reunited with Buried screenwriter Chris Sparling for his 2018 movie Down a Dark Hall, based on the novel of the same name by Lois Duncan and produced by Twilight writer Stephenie Meyer.
Philosophy
editIn a 2012 interview, following the release of Red Lights, Cortés explained his perspective on independent filmmaking in an online interview:
... I don’t believe in indie or studio as labels. As an audience member, what I want is to hear strong voices and clear personalities and to feel challenged; not to feel reaffirmed on my own decisions or whatever... it’s never about where you shoot. It’s about what and about how. I mean that. This is not a pro-Hollywood or anti-Hollywood position. I learned to love cinema via the studio movies and of course Scorsese films, Spielberg films, and Hitchcock. All of them did studio pictures with very strong voices. It’s about finding this margin of expressing and exploring the things that touch your sensitive points.[7]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Editor | Musical director |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | The Contestant | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Also song writer: "Cyrus Honey Blues" and "Cajas" |
| 2010 | Buried | Yes | No | Executive | Yes | Yes | Also song writer: "In the Lap of the Mountain" |
| 2011 | Apartment 143 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also Music editor and second unit director |
| 2012 | Red Lights | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2013 | Grand Piano | No | No | Yes | Uncredited | No | Also second unit director |
| 2018 | Down a Dark Hall | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Also additional voices (credited as Gonzalo Giráldez) |
| 2021 | Love Gets a Room | Yes | Yes | Executive | Yes | Yes | Also song writer "Without You", "Little Bride" and "Little Bride-Stefcia Solo" |
| 2024 | Escape | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [8] |
Short films
edit| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Editor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Yul | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2000 | 15 días | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also composer |
| La Ley de Murphy | No | No | No | Yes | Also dialogue supervisor | |
| 2001 | Dentro | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Segment of Diminutos del calvario Also composer and sound designer |
| 2002 | Los 150 metros de Callao | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also sound, sound designer and sound editor |
| 2003 | El Niño Millon | Yes | No | No | No | Documentary short film Co-directed with Abril Balderrama and Ricardo Díaz |
| Interruptus | No | No | No | Yes | Also dialogue supervisor | |
| 2007 | Dirt Devil | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also sound designer and sound editor |
| Impavido | No | No | No | Yes | Aldo dialogue supervisor | |
| 2010 | Alone | No | Original Idea | No | No | |
| 2013 | Por activa y por pasiva | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2014 | 1:58 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Advertising short |
| 2022 | Tierra Nueva | Yes | No | No | No |
Acting roles
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Yul | Narrador (as "Gonzalo Giraldez") |
| 2000 | 15 días | Ruben Salas |
| La Ley de Murphy | El Holandés (voice) | |
| 2002 | Los 150 metros de Callao | Narrador #1 (voice) |
| 2003 | Interruptus | Hombre Calvo #1 |
| 2007 | Dirt Devil | Narrador |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Editor | Musical Director |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Stories to Stay Awake | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Wrote, directed, edited and produced music for episode "La Broma" Co-wrote and co-edited episode "El Asfalto" |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Work | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 15 Days | Ourense Independent Film Festival | Canal+ Audience Award | Won | [9] |
| Alcalá de Henares Short Film Fesrtival | Pixel Coop Award - Special Mention | Won | |||
| Zaragoza Film Festival | Best Editing | Won | |||
| 2001 | Medina Film Festival | Youth Jury Award | Won | ||
| Best Editing | Won | ||||
| L'Alfàs del Pi Film Festival | Best Short Film | 3rd award | |||
| 2007 | The Contestant | Málaga Film Festival | Golden Biznaga for Best Spanish Film | Nominated | [10] |
| Critic's Award | Won | ||||
| 2008 | Goya Awards | Best Original Song for "Circus Honey Blues" | Nominated | [11][12] | |
| Mestre Mateo Awards | Best Director | Nominated | [13][14] | ||
| Best Screenplay | Nominated | ||||
| Best Editing | Won | ||||
| 2010 | Buried | Méliès International Festivals Federation | Méliès d'Or | Won | [15] |
| 2011 | Gaudí Awards | Best Director | Nominated | [16] | |
| Best Editing | Won | [17] | |||
| CEC Medals | Best Director | Nominated | [18] | ||
| Best Editing | Won | ||||
| Goya Awards | Best Director | Nominated | [19] | ||
| Best Editing | Won | ||||
| Best Original Song for "In the lap of the mountain" | Nominated | ||||
| 2013 | Red Lights | Gaudí Awards | Best Non-Catalan Language Film | Nominated | [20] |
| 2014 | Grand Piano | Feroz Awards | Best Drama | Nominated | |
| Gaudí Awards | Best Non-Catalan Language Film | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | Saturn Awards | Best Independent Film | Nominated | ||
| 2022 | Love Gets a Room | Feroz Awards | Best Director | Won | [21] |
| Best Screenplay | Nominated | ||||
| CEC Medals | Best Director | Won | [22] | ||
| Best Original Screenplay | Won | ||||
| Best Editing | Won |
References
edit
- ^ Emma Brown (July 2012). "RODRIGO CORTÉS PUTS ON THE RED LIGHTS". Interviewmagazine.com. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ Lakunza, Rosana (14 December 2021). "Rodrigo Cortés: "¿Extranjeros o españoles? Lo difícil es trabajar con actores malos"". Deia.
- ^ García-Ferrón, Eva (2020). "Los delirios y balas de Rodrigo Cortés, aforismos del siglo XXI". Dicenda. Estudios de lengua y literatura españolas. 38. Madrid: Ediciones Complutense: 24. doi:10.5209/dice.70148. hdl:10045/109597. ISSN 1988-2556.
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- ^ "Buried (2010)". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
- ^ "De Niro, Weaver to Star in "Red Lights"". abcnews.go.com. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
- ^ Nigel M Smith (9 July 2012). "'Red Lights' Writer/Director Rodrigo Cortes On Following Up 'Buried' and Indie Vs. Studio Fare". Indiewire.com. A SnagFilms Co. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ Hopewell, John (24 May 2023). "Martin Scorsese Executive Produces Rodrigo Cortes' 'Escape,' Starring Mario Casas (Exclusive)". Variety.
- ^ "15 Days (Awards)". IMDb. 12 April 2024.
- ^ "MÁLAGA 2007" (PDF). Festival de Málaga. 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Los ganadores de los Goya 2008". 20minutos.es. 4 February 2008.
- ^ "Concursante". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "A Academia Galega do Audiovisual anunciou esta mañá a listaxe de nomeados". Academia Galega do Audiovisual. 7 March 2008.
- ^ "Entregados os Premios Mestre Mateo 2007 no Teatro Jofre de Ferrol". Academia Galega do Audiovisual. 16 April 2008.
- ^ Hopewell, John (October 25, 2010). "Buried wins Europe's Melies d'Or". Variety. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
- ^ "'Pa negre', 'Herois' y 'Buried', grandes favoritas en los III Premios Gaudí". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). January 17, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ "'Buried' engalana su carrera hacia los Premios Goya". La Nueva España (in Spanish). January 18, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ "También la lluvia, favorita a las medallas del CEC con ocho nominaciones". RTVE. Madrid. EFE. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "Premios Goya 2011 en EL PAÍS". El País (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 27, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ "V Premis Gaudí". www.academiadelcinema.cat. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
- ^ "Palmarés completo de los Premios Feroz Zaragoza 2022". Cinemanía. 30 January 2022 – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ "'El amor en su lugar' arrasa en las Medallas CEC con hasta seis premios, todos los principales". Cine con Ñ. 10 February 2022.
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