Michel Gaztambide
Michel Gaztambide (born 1959) is a France-born screenwriter based in the Basque Country, Spain. He is a recurring collaborator of Enrique Urbizu.
Biography
[edit]Born in 1959 in Apt, Vaucluse, France, he was raised in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain.[1][2] He later relocated to San Sebastián.[1] Early writing credits include Santa Cruz, el cura guerrillero and Chatarra.[1] His work in Julio Medem's 1992 film Vacas earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay.[3]
After a period working in television for ETB, he returned to cinema in 2002 with the writing credits of Box 507, marking the beginning of a recurring partnership with Basque filmmaker Enrique Urbizu.[1] The collaboration included films such as Life Marks (2003),[4] and No Rest for the Wicked (2011; for which he won the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay)[5] as well as television series such as Gigantes and Libertad.[6]
He has also worked in Un poco de chocolate (2008), El idioma imposible (2010),[7] Baztan (2012),[8] Petra (2018, for which he was nominated to the Feroz Award for Best Screenplay),[9] The Influence (2019),[10] and The Vault (2021).[11]
In 2022, he was disclosed as a co-writer of Víctor Erice's project Cerrar los ojos.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Lakunza, Rosana (28 June 2021). "Michel Gaztambide: "El oficio de guionista es una carrera de subidas y bajadas"". Deia.
- ^ "Michel Gaztambide inaugura en San Sebastián el ciclo 'Charlando con ...'". El País. 4 October 2001.
- ^ "Vacas". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ Méndez-Leite, Fernando (29 May 2008). "La vida mancha". Fotogramas.
- ^ "No habrá paz para los malvados". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ ""Libertad", el ambicioso proyecto de Enrique Urbizu". Diario del Alto Aragón. 22 February 2021.
- ^ "Michel Gaztambide recibirá el Premio Zinemira". EiTB. 29 August 2012.
- ^ Vidal, Nuria (27 September 2012). "Baztan. Para amantes del cine en el cine". Fotogramas.
- ^ Prats, Marina (19 January 2019). "La lista completa de ganadores de los Premios Feroz 2019". HuffPost.
- ^ Cortijo, Javier (18 June 2019). "La influencia". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ "Michel Gaztambide, mentor de FIRE!! LAB". Audiovisual451. 3 February 2022.
- ^ Belinchón, Gregorio (10 July 2022). "El regreso de Víctor Erice al cine comercial será un drama nostálgico sobre la amistad entre un veterano director y su actor protagonista". El País.
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