Mateo Gil | |
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Born | Mateo Gil Rodríguez 23 September 1972 |
Nationality | Spanish |
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, second unit director, assistant director, cinematographer, editor, producer |
Years active | 1992 – present |
Spouse | Andrea Antezana |
Mateo Gil Rodríguez (born 23 September 1972, Las Palmas, Spain) is a Spanish film director,[1] screenwriter,[1] second unit director,[1] assistant director,[1] cinematographer,[1] editor and producer.
He co-wrote most of Alejandro Amenábar's films with him, and also served as second unit or assistant director in two of this films. Amenábar's The Sea Inside, which Gil co-wrote, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
He was nominated for seven Goya Awards including Best New Director and Best Director, and won four: Best Original Screenplay for The Sea Inside and Agora, Best Adapted Screenplay for The Method and Best Short Film - Fiction for Dime que yo.