Isabel Coixet

Isabel Coixet

Born: April 9, 1960
in Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Spain
Isabel Coixet Castillo (Catalan: [izəˈβɛl kuˈʃɛt]; born 9 April 1960; Sant Adrià del Besòs) is a Spanish filmmaker. She is one of the most prolific film directors of contemporary Spain, having directed twelve feature-length films since the beginning of her film career in 1988, in addition to documentary films, shorts, and commercials. Her films depart from the traditional national cinema of Spain, and help to “untangle films from their national context ... clearing the path for thinking about national film from different perspectives.” The recurring themes of “emotions, feelings, and existential conflict” coupled with her distinct visual style secure the “multifaceted (she directs, writes, produces, shoots, and acts)” filmmaker's status as a “Catalan auteur.”

Movies for Isabel Coixet...

¿Qué (diablos) es España?
Title: ¿Qué (diablos) es España?
Released: November 2, 2022
Type: Movie
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Luis García Berlanga: pasado, presente y futuro del cine español
Title: Luis García Berlanga: pasado, presente y futuro del cine español
Character: Self - Filmmaker
Released: July 23, 2021
Type: Movie
A conversation about the work of Spanish filmmaker Luis García Berlanga (1921-2010) and his perdurance in contemporary Spanish cinema.
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Title: Estirando el Chicle
Character: Herself
Released: May 3, 2020
Type: TV
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El cerro de los dioses
Title: El cerro de los dioses
Character: Isabel Coixet
Released: November 8, 2019
Type: Movie
A reimagining of the myth of Faust, in which a documentary director and her producer investigate a number of celebrities.
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Querido Fotogramas
Title: Querido Fotogramas
Character: Herself
Released: October 5, 2018
Type: Movie
The 70th anniversary of the “Fotogramas” magazine comes in the shape of a sentimental voyage through the history of Spanish cinema thanks to a mosaic of voices represented by people who make films, those who write them and those who consume them. The documentary pays tribute to the readers of “Fotogramas” helped by the leading figures of Spanish cinema, who will read to the camera the most representative letters received at its offices in the history of the magazine.
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Title: La resistencia
Character: Invitada
Released: February 1, 2018
Type: TV
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It's Not That Cold Siberia
Title: It's Not That Cold Siberia
Character: Self - Filmmaker
Released: November 6, 2016
Type: Movie
Spanish filmmaker Isabel Coixet travels to Siberia to attend a film festival where an unknown man —with whom she cannot communicate and who reminds her of her father— hands her a box containing the photographs of a lifetime. In Barcelona, she tries to put the images in order and unravel their mystery.
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Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
Title: Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
Character: Self
Released: June 29, 2016
Type: Movie
The life & times of Dennis Hopper, showbiz maestro and Hollywood eccentric.
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Toni Segarra: The Ads Writer
Title: Toni Segarra: The Ads Writer
Character: Herself
Released: June 9, 2016
Type: Movie
Advertising surrounds us. It is part of our lives, our memory and our culture: it is a pure reflection of our society. However, those who think and create ads are unknown people. Playing with the mechanisms of publicity as a narrative resource, we enter this medium through Spain's best creative director: Toni Segarra.
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Sex, Maracas & Chihuahuas
Title: Sex, Maracas & Chihuahuas
Character: Self - Filmmaker
Released: May 2, 2016
Type: Movie
A joyful tale filled with music. The rise of radio. The jazz big bands. The legendary clubs and ballrooms. The soundtracks of the great musical films and TV shows. Sex and romance, gangsters, luxury cars and palm trees. From Barcelona to New York, with a stop in Cuba. The birth of Las Vegas. The sound of the maracas. Chihuahuas everywhere. The incredible life story of Xavier Cugat (1900-90).
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Words, Maps, Secrets and Other Things
Title: Words, Maps, Secrets and Other Things
Character: Self - Filmmaker
Released: April 24, 2015
Type: Movie
A portrait of the internationally acclaimed Spanish film director Isabel Coixet and an analysis of her particular world and her sensibility as a creator: her fictional universe, her career and her life through the words of actors, technicians, family, friends, journalists, specialized critics and those filmmakers who have been inspired by her work.
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El culo del mundo
Title: El culo del mundo
Released: April 11, 2014
Type: Movie
El culo del mundo' is a documentary directed by and starring comedian Andreu Buenafuente, the idea for which came about three months after the cancellation of one of his last television programmes, when he received an email from a viewer. This email makes him ask himself why he dedicates himself to comedy and why he has never thought of leaving the profession after three decades. All this will be the starting point of a journey that will take this comedian and presenter deep into the heart of comedy.
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Venezia 70 – Future Reloaded: Isabel Coixet
Title: Venezia 70 – Future Reloaded: Isabel Coixet
Released: August 28, 2013
Type: Movie
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Kill Me Tender
Title: Kill Me Tender
Character: Forense
Released: February 13, 2004
Type: Movie
Do all men want the same thing? Nestor, recently widowed, runs a bakery near Barcelona, has a bank account and a bad heart, and swims in the sea every day. He also has a daughter and a two-timing son-in-law. Nestor's maid asks him to hire her 20-something daughter, Maribel, as a shop assistant.
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Journey to the Heart of Torture
Title: Journey to the Heart of Torture
Released: September 24, 2003
Type: Movie
Using testimonies of experts that help torture victims to recover and even some victims that talk about their experiences, Coixet travels across different places (Denmark, Sarajevo, Bosnia) trying to approach an incredibly close reality that many people think it´s past.